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In Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, organizations that support people with mental health problems have never been so busy as since the start of this pandemic. Young adults are particularly likely to seek help. “When we talked about education in the last few weeks, we talked more about elementary and secondary. That does not …

The union that represents the rink supervisors is concerned about the aggressiveness that is directed towards some of its members by frustrated citizens and wants to ensure that the City provides them with a safe workplace. • Read also: Outdoor facilities: supervisors are insulted, denounces the mayor “We are monitoring …

COVID-19 | Quebec reports 1,386 additional cases and 55 new deaths; the number of hospitalizations is on the rise with a total of 1,500 in the province. • Read also: All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic • Read also: Pfizer delays: Quebec cuts vaccination targets 2/2Even if ⬇️ of the …

Due to delivery delays, the Quebec government announced Tuesday that 25,000 fewer doses of Pfizer’s vaccine will be administered in the province by February 8. • Read also: Fear of a delay in vaccination in Quebec • Read also: Major delays from Pfizer: 100,000 fewer doses than expected in Quebec …

Here you will find all the news related to this crisis which has hit the population, governments and the economy for several months. PLANETARY Case: 95 628 637 Death: 2,042,733 CANADA Case: 715,072, including 244,348 in Quebec Death: 18,120, including 9,087 in Quebec All the news for Tuesday, January 19, …

It is an understandable reflex: in the event of a crisis, a population, naturally, has the reflex of closing ranks around the government. To get through the ordeal, it is better to be united than divided. But the longer the ordeal lasts, the more this consensus weakens, especially in a …

Several high school students were left with procedural masks too large for them on Monday when they returned to class, a situation that worries parents. Steps are underway to provide smaller ones for students, says the Ministry of Education. Kirstin Bird-Lamoureux, who lives near Vaudreuil in a multigenerational home with …

Increase in COVID-19 outbreaks in CHSLDs and RPAs, hospitals that transmit the virus, employees who fall in combat and travel sources of infections: after 10 months of the pandemic, in the middle of the second wave, history is repeating itself in Quebec. “The boat is taking on water,” remarks the …

Citizens frustrated with health instructions show aggression towards the supervisors of the city’s skating rinks and slides, so that complaints have been made to the police, deplores the mayor Régis Labeaume. The mayor of Quebec called for civility on Monday on the sidelines of the city council. Employees supervising rinks …

In the absence of activity options since the implementation of the new containment measures, Montrealers are relying heavily on parks. But when there is an outdoor gathering, what are the real risks of the spread of COVID-19? Three experts give their opinion. “Respiratory viruses are much less transmissible outdoors. When …

In order to continue to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh safely during the pandemic, the City of Ottawa Public Health has set up a site filled with fruitful suggestions, such as masturbation, to prevent the transmission of COVID. -19 when taking action. “Consensual sex can help us cope with …

Norway stressed on Monday that there was no established link between the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine deaths in the kingdom, while recommending a medical evaluation before vaccinating the elderly. and very fragile. • Read also: [EN DIRECT 18 JANVIER 2021] All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic Since …

Research by the team of Professor Rafael Najmanovich at the University of Montreal explains why the new strain of COVID-19, originating in England, more easily infects humans. • Read also: All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic Before taking the next step, the team of scientists first needed to understand the …

Quebec has decided to stand out in terms of vaccination and will take the risk of waiting up to 90 days to administer the 2nd dose in order, it is hoped, to save lives and reduce the pressure on the health network. health. Even if the objective is noble, I …

Quebec entrepreneurs are among the most optimistic in the country regarding a resumption of investment, despite the second wave of the pandemic and growing health restrictions, reveals a report from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). If the figures remain low, with 35% of Canadian entrepreneurs optimistic against 36% …

Quebecers returning from a trip abroad are unimpressed by the government’s automated calls to ensure that they comply with quarantine rules. “It’s a robotic call asking you a few questions. But even if someone called me and I was at the grocery store, for example, I could press the 1 …

In the midst of the pandemic, a large Quebec network of private seniors’ residences has decided to drastically increase its rents, sometimes up to 20%, despite the discontent of several residents who wonder how they will make ends meet. “When we arrived in 2018, the year the residence was built, …

The number of eyeglass prescriptions for eye strain has peaked among children and adolescents since the onset of the pandemic, pointing to the onset of vision problems among young people in the longer term. “I have rarely seen so many adolescents to whom I was obliged to prescribe glasses with …

The Brazilian regulator on Sunday approved the emergency use of two vaccines against COVID-19, the British AstraZeneca and the Chinese CoronaVac, the first two to get the green light in Brazil, where the pandemic has already made almost 210,000 dead. • Read also: [EN DIRECT 17 JANVIER 2021] All developments …

LONDON | The United Kingdom is expanding its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus on Monday to over 70s, when the quarantine imposed on all arrivals comes into force to avoid the importation of new variants. • Read also: All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic Himself struck by a variant of …