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If you haven't gotten into astrology yet, now's the time.

With Montreal in an extended COVID-19 lockdown for the next two weeks, as novel coronavirus cases continue to climb in Quebec, we could use a little guidance — courtesy of the planets and stars — to tell us what the rest of November will bring.

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As Americans head to the polls to choose their next president, some are ready to just leave the country entirely. The return of the perennial promise from disgruntled Americans to move to Canada after the U.S. election raises the question: just how could they actually go about doing that?

Any U.S. citizen who assumes it's as simple as picking up and settling across the border will be disappointed.

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As we enter Quebec's second wave of COVID-19, many are wondering what we learned from the first spike and what the government plans to do next. We spoke to Dr. Matthew Oughton, Director of the Royal College Training program in Infectious Diseases at the McGill University Health Centre to learn more about what's gone well since the pandemic started in March.

"We made it through the first wave with little knowledge. You want to take the knowledge you've learned and apply it to move forward," he told MTL Blog.

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