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Montreal Is Closing A Bunch Of Wading Pools 'Indefinitely' & 3 Regular Pools For Summer

The city is shutting down several Montreal wading pools indefinitely due to "difficulties in complying with the provincial regulation respecting water quality," confirmed Pascale Sévigny, communications officer for the City of Montreal.

Sévigny said the Institut national de santé public (INSPQ) recommended closing wading pools that don't have "water circulation and treatment systems," which allow for maintenance of their chlorine levels and for disinfection, due to the COVID-19 situation.

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Need To Repay CERB This Tax Season? A Quebec Tax Expert Explained The Whole Process

If you got funding from one of Canada's COVID-19 benefits, including CERB, and later found out you were ineligible, you may have to pay back the government. But how?

We asked Josée Cabral, a Quebec-based tax expert at H&R Block, to explain everything you need to know about repaying CERB.

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Quebec Wants You To Watch Out For Scammers Offering Fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccines For A Fee

As COVID-19 vaccination ramps up in Quebec, watch out for scams. According to the provincial government and Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), fraudsters are calling people up to offer vaccines for a fee — and nothing about it is legit.  

The CAFC told MTL Blog that between September 2020 — prior to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Canada — and January 2021, it received reports of fraud calls offering "vaccine kits," "vaccine sign-up links" and scam-artists posing as the World Health Organization.

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4 COVID-19 Financial Benefits Still Available To Quebec Workers Affected By The Pandemic

On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter to share a "rundown" of Canada's COVID-19 benefits.

"With cases rising across the country, and lockdowns happening in several places, I want to be clear: we’re going to continue doing whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to keep you safe and supported," he wrote.

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Montrealers Took To The Streets This Weekend To Protest Quebec's COVID-19 Lockdown

On November 27, MTL Blog reported that a newly published document by The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (CCMM) highlighted the extreme hardships that Montreal's tourism industry has faced due to COVID-19.

The next day, on November 28, protesters gathered in front of Dorchester Square to send a message to the provincial government that business closures in COVID-19 red zones have impacted the mental health of hospitality workers in Quebec.

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Here's How Quebecers Are Still Dating During The Pandemic

If you've been single in Quebec during COVID-19, your DMs have most likely been dry — at least if you've been following public health protocols issued by the government. In the hours of frenzied swiping you can waste when searching for the next love of your life on Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Facebook Dating and other dating apps, it might seem like there's an endless array of choices in Montreal's dating pool.

But little is known about how Canadians, including Montrealers, are actually using dating apps right now, a period marked by confinement and red-zone closures. 

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7 Montreal Joys That Have Us Counting Down The Days In Lockdown So We Can Do Them Again

COVID-19 has taken a significant toll on Montreal since the start of the pandemic in March. Being at the heart of the province with the largest number of coronavirus cases in Canada, we've had to rule out most of our daily activities for the sake of public health.  

Not only have locals had to say goodbye to iconic Montreal businesses, but our bustling and vibrant way of life has been dampened due to government restrictions in the city.

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9 Stores Montrealers Had To Say Goodbye To In 2020

The pandemic has inflicted significant damage to Montreal's economy since the start of COVID-19 in March. To add to financial losses resulting from the cancellation of iconic Montreal events, a slew of iconic Montreal-based stores announced closures in 2020.

Although some of these brands continue to make their products available in online stores, many of them have shut the doors of their retail locations altogether or filed for bankruptcy.

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