The crisis at Montreal's pediatric institutions has become so dire that hospitals and the Quebec government are grabbing hold of any idea that may help prevent the system from breaking down since circumstances are only expected to get worse.
BREAKING: All health and social service workers, public and private, will have to be vaccinated by Oct. 15. Unvaccinated employees will be suspended without pay.
The English Montreal School Board (ESMB) announced late Thursday it has hired a legal firm to start a legal action to contest the validity of Bill 96, An Act Respecting French.
For 28 days starting on Oct. 1, bars, casinos, restaurant dining rooms, museums, libraries, will have to close. If you're going to take part in a demonstration, you'll have to wear a mask. For houses of worship, it'll be a maximum of 25 people.
Longtime Montreal broadcaster
@KenInMontreal
announced he will be retiring. He will host Weekends with Ken and the CJAD 800 Trivia Show for one last time this weekend. Pass along your well wishes and retirement advice here:
BREAKING: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts have been blocked for the next two weeks 'until the peaceful transfer of power is complete.'
Holness says he's the only candidate on the stage who rejects Bill 21 and Bill 96 and he wants to make sure all Montrealers have access to services offered in English and French
#mtlpoli
#polmtl
#mtl2021
BREAKING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the major air carriers in Canada have cancelled air service to Mexico and the Caribbean, starting this Sunday and lasting through April 30.
BREAKING: COVID-19: Premier François Legault announces that indoor events involving more than 250 people should be cancelled. Not a request. It's a ban.
BREAKING: Premier François Legault has confirmed that Montreal and Laval will become orange zones on Monday June 7th, which will allow gyms to reopen and in-restaurant dining to go ahead, with restrictions.
The mayor of Montreal is taking a lot of heat for not pushing back enough on Bill 96.
@MartineMontreal
wrote an op-ed about it in the
@mtlgazette
and shared her concerns with
@Heurtel
:
BREAKING: Reports are suggesting the Legault government will make mask-wearing mandatory on public transit. That announcement is expected to be made Tuesday morning, during a news conference with premier François Legault. CJAD 800 will carry it live, starting at 11 a.m.
Premier François Legault makes it official: as of Saturday, July 18, mask-wearing in indoor public spaces across Quebec will become mandatory.
#COVID19
Canada has won its first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympic games. Maggie Mac Neil won first place in the Women’s 100-metre Butterfly final.
Phot credit: COC
After a long 2-year break due to Covid health restrictions, the United Irish Societies of Montreal announced this morning the 2022 Montreal St-Patrick’s Parade will be held on March 20th.
BREAKING: Quebec is also allowing for indoor gatherings of no more than 10 people, from no more than three households, as of now. People will have to continue to exercise caution, and social distancing.
BREAKING: Premier François Legault announces the reopening of stores, and schools, in the Greater Montreal area will be pushed back one week, to May 25 — assuming the situation gets better.
Canadian Government announces anyone returning to Canada from abroad must present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight. The test must be taken within 3 days before flying. Unclear when rules come into place.
BREAKING: Health Minister Christian Dubé is urging Quebecers to limit all non-essential gatherings...things like family dinners, barbecues and other gatherings, in order to re-flatten the curve.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are on their way back to Canada. The two Canadians had been detained in China since December 2018.
Montreal is expected to shift from yellow to orange COVID-19 alert this afternoon. The move would reduce the number of people allowed at public and private gatherings, as well as bar opening hours.
The provincial government is launching a public inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who suffered the insults of nurses before her death at a Quebec hospital.
BREAKING: Premier François Legault says he will not close bars, at least for now. After consulting with his public health officials, Legault says the main problem is private gatherings, not bars. He's urging people to "really respect the 10-person maximum" for gatherings.
PM Trudeau says this is not the time to vacation abroad. He says the federal Recovery Sickness benefit for quarantined travellers is not for vacationers: "You will not receive the benefit."
BREAKING: Laval's Leylah Annie Fernandez just beat No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina from Ukraine 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in a tiebreak. Fernandez, who is 19, now moves on to the final 4 at the US Open.
Don McGowan, a former weatherman, host and broadcaster at CFCF 12 -- now CTV Montreal -- has died at 85. McGowan was a central figure at the English-language station for over three decades.
People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says Canada cannot be the welfare state of the planet. Bernier is speaking about immigration at an event tonight in Mississauga: Canadian Press
ICYMI: Singer-songwriter
@richardmarx
joined
@KenInMontreal
this past weekend to talk about "Should've Known Better", the return of in-person shows and more. Listen:
A group of Quebec lawyers are bringing the first legal challenge to Bill 96, the province's controversial language law, which updates the original Bill 101 adopted in 1977.
BREAKING: By a vote of 180-146, MPs have defeated a Conservative motion to create a special committee to look into the WE Charity affair. Basically, that means no December election.
BREAKING: Public Health is recommending that offices postpone the return of workers, over concerns of COVID-19 outbreaks during the fourth wave. The recommendation will be reassessed at the beginning of October.
Legault's message to unvaccinated Quebecers: you are putting our hospitals and health care network at risk. Unvaccinated adults make up half of all
#COVID19
hospitalizations right now. Get vaccinated for others, or stay home.
"Justin, can you imagine hearing, you, your children hear all these severe explosions. Bombing of airport. Bombing of Ottawa airport. Tens of others of cities of your wonderful country. Can you imagine that?"
— Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to Canada's Parliament
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new agreement with Pfizer for 20 million additional doses of their COVID vaccine. This year, Canada will get a total of 80 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. We're still on track to vaccinate everyone by September.
BREAKING: Tommy Schnurmacher has just announced his retirement after 40 years in broadcasting, more than half of that with CJAD 800. His last broadcast will be on Dec. 13.
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit will give some Canadians $2,000/month for the next four months if they have been laid off, have to stay home to care for kids, are in quarantine, or not getting paid because of
#COVID19
.