Genevieve Bergeron

Monkeypox cases in Montreal appear to be hitting a plateau, but authorities say they're worried that soaring infections in the United States and a low vaccination rate could help the disease surge anew in the city.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says two cases of monkeypox in Quebec are the first confirmed cases in the country.

Fourteen beams of light shone into the night sky from Montreal's Mount Royal on Thursday, December 6, 2018, evening in memory of the 14 women who died at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school 29 years ago.