MONTREAL The Quebec government announced specifics of the plan to limit travel between Ontario and Quebec after Premier Doug Ford announced the new measure to curb the spread of COVID-19. According to a statement from the Quebec s Public Security Ministry, only a select group of people will be permitted to enter the province by road from Ontario. Those include: People who have a main residence in Quebec Those who have a secondary residence in the province and must maintain it Are travelling for humanitarian purposes Are travelling to obtain care or services required by their health or provide such services to another person
MONTREAL A cyclist was allegedly struck Saturday morning by the driver of a large vehicle who left the scene, according to Montreal police. It was a call to 911, shortly after 5 a.m., which alerted the emergency services to the incident at the intersection of Henri-Bourrassa Boulivard and de Bois-de-Boulogne Avenue. The cyclist, a 53-year-old man, was travelling east on Henri-Bourrassa. After the incident, he was taken to hospital in critical condition. “According to initial information, there was a collision with a vehicle, possibly a ‘tool’ vehicle,” said officer Véronique Comtois, spokesperson for the Montreal (SPVM). Later on, another spokesperson, Raphaël Bergeron, said the description (of the vehicle) remains to be determined.
MONTREAL A damning report into the situation at the Herron CHSLD at the beginning of the pandemic calls on the province to revoke private care-home permits and ensure their level of care is the same as public institutions. In the Herron COVID-19 outbreak last spring, 31 residents died. The report, by three Quebec professional orders governing health-care workers, found the situation was out of control. At one point there was only one nurse left to care for about 100 patients, it said, since staff had been told not to come to work if they showed symptoms of COVID-19 or if they came into contact with someone who tested positive.
Belle Phillips’s stitches come as second nature. The 21-year-old sits at her kitchen counter in Kahnawake, calmly chatting about Netflix, while her fingers fly across the fabric in front of her.
MONTREAL Sarah Hunt-Donais worked two jobs to pay her way through a psychology degree, had a black belt in martial arts and was “like a mother” to her younger siblings, an old friend said. Hunt-Donais, 25, was one of the two Quebec youth protection workers who died by suicide this month in quick succession, sparking worry and grief among their colleagues, and public condolences from the province’s authorities. But Hunt-Donais’s death, while she did work at a famously stressful job, can’t necessarily be blamed so easily on work conditions, said an old friend of hers. The friend described her as a private person who wouldn’t want her problems summed up by strangers who never met her.