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Tag: Quebec
Quebec looking at expanding free flu vaccine program
Quebec’s health minister is looking into the possibility of expanding the number of people who can receive free flu vaccines.
Challenge to medically assisted dying laws begins in Quebec court
Quebec Superior Court Justice Christine Baudouin’s decision could alter how the laws are applied in the province and across the country.
Challenge to medically assisted dying laws begins in Quebec court
The judge’s decision at the end of the hearing could alter how the laws are applied in the province and across the country.
Quebec politician says criticism of Canadian hockey player Comtois is 'anti-francophone racism'
A Quebec politician says Instagram insults against Canadian world junior hockey team captain Maxime Comtois are "anti-francophone racism." Parti Québécois Interim Leader Pascal Bérubé used Twitter to share his feelings after Comtois was hit hard with criticism after missing on a penalty shot during overtime in a 2-1 loss to Finland in the world junior championship quarter-finals […]
NHL leaves Quebec City in the cold — again
Gary Bettman's blueprint for NHL expansion and relocation has been easy to comprehend. The NHL commissioner has chosen places that have owners with deep pockets, a growing population and decent television market. These decisions haven't always panned out. The Arizona Coyotes and Florida Panthers still have attendance woes more than two decades later. There was […]
Don’t eat romaine lettuce in Ontario and Quebec until source of E. coli outbreak determined, officials say
The E. coli strain currently suspected of making people sick in both Canada and the U.S. is the same one that caused a similar outbreak last year, prompting questions about why regulators aren’t issuing a mandatory recall.
‘I can’t do this alone’: Kids from Northern Quebec still taking medevac flights without parents
Parents of a six-year-old Waswanipi boy, who was taken on a medevac flight to Montreal on his own in August, described the trauma their son experienced at Quebec’s inquiry into the treatment of Indigenous people.
Quebec Inuit leaders plead for mental health support in wake of youth suicides
In Nunavik, Quebec’s expansive northern region dotted by remote fly-in Inuit villages, most residents are connected to at least one, if not several of the young people who have recently ended their own lives.
Quebec court OK’s lawsuit alleging link between hair-loss drugs and erectile dysfunction
Quebec’s highest court has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of men who took medication for hair loss and then allegedly suffered various problems, including erectile dysfunction.
