Virginie Ann
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Thousands of Quebec birds drop dead from avian flu
The carcasses of thousands of white gannets have been covering the shores of Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine for the last two weeks, victims of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Study struggles to explain COVID death toll in Quebec
Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had the country’s highest official COVID−19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 2021.
Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in Montreal suffer 'intolerable human distress'
Montreal's ombudswoman described homelessness experienced by Indigenous people in the city as a "humanitarian crisis" in a report released Wednesday.
Several Kahnawake residents came forward last summer with allegations priest abused them, and demanded his remains be removed
The Mohawk community of Kahnawake voted this weekend to move the remains of a priest facing sexual abuse allegations.
Montreal police use of surveillance cameras to fight crime worries community groups
Montreal police are planning to install nine more security cameras across the city in response to a rise in violent crime, but community groups are questioning whether the technology works to deter crime or is a waste of money.
Quebec doctors give virtual training to Ukrainian health-care workers
A group of Quebec doctors have created a series of virtual training materials on life-saving procedures for Ukrainian health-care workers suddenly working in a war zone.
Quebec ups police budget for fight against domestic violence
Quebec will distribute more than $3 million over three years to 11 police forces across the province to help them support victims of domestic violence and enhance surveillance of offenders, Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault said on Monday, February 21, 2022.
Quebec Omicron-fuelled long COVID exceeds the 'already weakened capacity of our health-care system'
Montrealer Claudia Hébert says she started to feel extreme fatigue and to get fevers three weeks after returning from Senegal in March 2020, with only a few months left to a complete her Université de Montréal veterinary medicine program.
Signs of hope as COVID starts to wane in Ontario and Quebec
Sunday shoppers streamed back into Quebec stores for the first time in three weeks as a measure meant to curb soaring COVID-19-related hospitalization rates in the province came to an end amid declining patient numbers.
It's back to school for many teachers and students despite Omicron spread
Parents and teachers in four provinces are bracing for students to return to the classroom on Monday, January 17, 2022, as the Omicron variant-fuelled wave of COVID-19 continues to spread and questions remain about how prepared schools really are for a full-scale return.