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At a press conference in Beauce on Thursday, Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that he hopes the government will be able to start vaccinating Quebec's general population by the end of May.

As measures intensify to manage the third wave of COVID-19 in Quebec, many of us are wondering if we'll ever return back to normal. Premier François Legault, however, is optimistic that we'll return to a "certain normalcy" by June 24.

The SPVM has said it's analyzing an incident partially captured in an April 10 video showing a group of SPVM officers pinning down an individual while one officer repeatedly strikes them on the head. The video has circulated widely on social media and led to a public outcry.

In a lengthy Facebook post published on April 14, Premier François Legault announced a change to Quebec's COVID-19 public health rules on mask-wearing during outdoor activities.

Premier François Legault said Quebecers have to wait just 73 more days — until June 24 — for the province to give vaccine doses to all willing adults, calling this the date we can expect to return to "normalcy."

Quebec Premier François Legault said stricter COVID-19 measures in Montreal are "not impossible" in the coming weeks, as case numbers in other regions of Quebec continue to rise.

An hour southwest of Montreal in Saint-Anicet, Quebec, there's a small turquoise-water beach where, as Narcity Québec writes, visitors can pretend they've jetted off on an international vacation.

As Montreal takes stock of the damages in the wake of Sunday night's anti-curfew protest in Old Montreal, local business owners told MTL Blog that they're disappointed at the extent of the destruction.

At Parc Jeanne-Mance on April 9

A guaranteed basic income (GBI) program would cut Quebec poverty rates by 60.4%, according to a new report by the office of Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer.

It's going to be 24 degrees in Montreal on Saturday, and since the weather is pretty much all that's going well for us during this stretch of the pandemic, we might as well get outside and breathe in that fresh smell of spring.

Premier François Legault announced that Montreal's 8 p.m. curfew would be reinstated as of April 11. While Quebec curfew exceptions range from emergencies to essential work and humanitarian travel, the province has added one more to its list.

Cerrtain Montrealers will soon be able to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Quebec depanneurs, Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) locations and banks across the city, according to a provincial press release from April 9.

Cascades Groupe Tissu, a sustainable packaging company, is hiring near Montreal — in Candiac — and the benefits offered to employees are impressive.

As of April 8, wearing a mask outside while doing activities in a group is mandatory in Quebec's orange and red zones.

Well, it's official. The evening curfew in Montreal and Laval is going back to 8 p.m. on April 11, replacing the 9:30 p.m. curfew currently in place in these Quebec red zones.

Montrealer Jonathan Rossy has created a new way to see all the apartments on Kijiji are available for rent in Montreal — an interactive digital map he's calling mtl.apartments.

Buckle up, according to Premier François Legault's daily schedule, another 5 p.m. conference will be held today with him, the National Director of Public Health, Horacio Arruda, and the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé.

On Wednesday, Quebec's National Director of Public Health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, announced that individuals working in high-risk, high-exposure environments will soon be able to book a vaccination appointment on the province's vaccination portal, Clic Santé.

As part of a tightening of restrictions amid the province's third wave of COVID-19, Quebec is making masks or face coverings mandatory for outdoor group sports and recreational activities.

On April 6, Premier François Legault announced a tightening of Quebec's COVID-19 restrictions in order to curb the "rapid spread" of the virus variants.

Quebec's vaccination plan is making moves. The Clic Santé website now confirms that more regions are giving out the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Quebec to people ages 60 and over.

Longing for the days of last-minute Quebec road trip dates with your favourite person?

Now that the long Easter weekend is over, it's back to reality for us in Quebec — a reality that includes the fact François Legault will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. on April 6, a time that is, at this point, synonymous with a grave announcement.

It's no secret that Quebec is just absolutely stunning and that there's so much beauty all around us. But being such a large province, there's always more to see and always something new to add to your bucket list, which is why we've gathered seven surreal places in Quebec that you need to see at least once in your life.