Source: Alexandra Mae Jones, ctvnews.ca, January 25, 2021 The products are being recalled because the level of benzalkonium chloride in them is twice the amount allowed for personal or domestic use. TORONTO — Health Canada has announced a recall for a number of “Anti-Microbe” hand sanitizer products, some of which were distributed to schools in… Continue reading ‘Anti-Microbe’ Hand Sanitizer That Was Distributed to Schools Recalled by Health Canada
Tag: Quebec
Woman With Dementia Mistakenly Given Pfizer Vaccine After Already Receiving Moderna
Source: Sarah Leavitt, cbc.ca, January 25, 2021 Experts say effects of mixing vaccines unclear. A 97-year-old woman in Montreal may be the first person in Quebec to receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, albeit accidentally. Two weeks after receiving the Moderna vaccine, Antonietta Pollice was given a dose of the Pfizer-Bio-NTech vaccine, said… Continue reading Woman With Dementia Mistakenly Given Pfizer Vaccine After Already Receiving Moderna
Staff at Quebec Long-Term Care Home Move in to Reduce COVID Risk
Source: Vanessa Lee, Ben Cousins, ctvnews.ca, January 20, 2021 To keep residents safe, everyone from the director of facility to the custodial staff have moved in until Quebec’s province-wide lockdown is scheduled to end on Feb. 8th. OTTAWA — A group of long-term care workers in rural Quebec have taken extreme measures to keep COVID-19… Continue reading Staff at Quebec Long-Term Care Home Move in to Reduce COVID Risk
Quebec to impose a ‘values test’ on immigrants as of Jan. 1
Source: Rachel Lau, CTV News, October 30, 2019 MONTREAL — The Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) government is gearing up to impose its Quebec ‘values test’ on new immigrants as of Jan. 1, 2020. The test will be part of the province’s selection process and must be taken within a two-year period before candidates can apply… Continue reading Quebec to impose a ‘values test’ on immigrants as of Jan. 1
Quebec is making credit card users make higher payments. Should other provinces follow suit?
Source: Kerri Breen, Global News, August 2, 2019 Quebec has introduced new rules intended to make consumers to pay down their credit cards faster — and with less interest paid. As of Thursday, banks must charge borrowers at least two per cent of their outstanding balance each month. The rate will increase incrementally, to 2.5 per cent… Continue reading Quebec is making credit card users make higher payments. Should other provinces follow suit?
Quebecers criticize western oil but buy more gasoline, SUVs
Source: Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press, December 16, 2018 MONTREAL — Quebec’s premier is quick to reject “dirty” oil from Western Canada in favour of hydro power, but new data indicate the province’s citizens are buying record amounts of gasoline and increasingly purchasing trucks and bigger homes. Quebecers are widely seen across the country as… Continue reading Quebecers criticize western oil but buy more gasoline, SUVs
Alberta finance minister says Quebec premier doesn’t understand oil industry
Source: Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press, December 10, 2018 OTTAWA — Quebec’s resistance to a pipeline carrying western Canadian oil across its territory shows the provincial premier’s lack of understanding about the Alberta energy industry, the Albertan finance minister says. Speaking ahead of a federal-provincial finance ministers’ meeting Monday in Ottawa, Joe Ceci argued Alberta… Continue reading Alberta finance minister says Quebec premier doesn’t understand oil industry
Quebecers head to the polls to vote in today’s provincial election
Source: The Canadian Press, October 1, 2018 MONTREAL — Voters in Quebec will go to the polls today after a provincial election campaign that saw the Liberal party and the Coalition Avenir Quebec locked in a battle for first place. The election will also take place against the backdrop of the renegotiated trade pact between… Continue reading Quebecers head to the polls to vote in today’s provincial election
Trudeau calls Quebec byelection 3 days after pledging $60M for project in riding
Source: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press, May 13, 2018 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a byelection for the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, only days after pledging $60 million in federal funding for an aluminum-smelting project in the area. Voters there will head to the polls on June 18 to elect a new… Continue reading Trudeau calls Quebec byelection 3 days after pledging $60M for project in riding
Thousands without power in Quebec after freezing rain, strong winds
Source: The Canadian Press, January 24, 2018 MONTREAL – Roughly 23,000 Hydro Quebec customers were without electricity late Tuesday due to a mix of freezing rain and strong winds. As of 6 a.m. ET, 23,440 homes and businesses remain without power. Freezing rain has been falling since Monday night in southwestern and central Quebec. Read full… Continue reading Thousands without power in Quebec after freezing rain, strong winds