#Québec

As the second wave of #COVID19 intensifies, I am deeply concerned about Ontario's #LTC homes.There are now 20 homes with outbreaks (https://www.ontario.ca/page/how-ontario-is-responding-covid-19), including Ottawa’s Extendicare West E
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Hello world. Just wanted to remind you that a panel of experts, convened by the B.C. govt, have been studying the design & implementation of basic income for nearly 2yrs.
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Hamilton public health officials confirm to @CBCNews that Ontario's 2nd case of a patient with rare #VITT blood clots after the AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine has been identified in a patient
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1) When Quebec’s top public health officer announced a ramp-up in #COVID testing, he predicted an inevitable increase in cases. However, the opposite has occurred in Montreal in the past
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1) Despite the decline in #COVID hospitalizations and deaths in Montreal, the city’s top public health officer warned this week that what keeps her up at night is the prospect
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Legal challenge to Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21, is before Quebec Court of Appeal today; some background here: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5221341  Lawyers challenging substance of the law asked judge to suspend parts
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1) Quebec set two more grim records Tuesday in the #pandemic's second wave: total number of #COVID19 hospitalizations (655) and biggest spike in deaths (45). In this thread, I'll assess
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i'm absolutely losing my mind. let's not forget this is the same man who refuses to acknowledge the existence of systemic racism in quebec.https://twitter.com/CTVMontreal/status/1318653353086263296 "the professor didnt insult a
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Non Canadian oomfs, answer these questions (quote rt) How many Provinces are there and can you name any? Who is he? What does he do? Tw // food What is
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Why is Quebec against a tracing app? Here’s a clue: In a 77-page report, its science and technology ethics commission studied the issue in detail but failed to recommend that
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1/ A thread about the 67 km, 26 stations REM (Réseau Express Métropolitain) in Montréal, under construction since fall 2018. Quoted at 6,5 bn$, REM is currently one of the
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1) Quebec’s public health doctor, @ArrudaHoracio, promised May 6 he'd start collecting data about race, ethnicity and socio-economic status of those infected with #COVID19. In this thread, I will explain
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1) Premier François Legault expressed guarded optimism on Friday that Quebec has “reached some level of stabilization” in #COVID19 cases. But a provincial health institute issued dire projections for Montreal’s
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BREAKING—The first confirmed case of #monkeypox in the United States this year just confirmed in a Boston individual who recently travelled to Canada, officials said, as concern rises over the
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1) Montreal posted 29 new #COVID cases Tuesday even though Quebec is screening far fewer people for the #pandemic illness. In contrast, Toronto recorded five cases as Ontario tests three
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1) Today, Premier François Legault emphasized repeatedly at his daily briefing that Quebec’s #COVID “emergency is to regain control in our CHSLDs,” or long-term care centres. In this thread, I
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