Colette Mersy wanted to visit her new grandson in New York. But after she was turned away the U.S. border, she was told to self-isolate for 14 days.

The City of Montreal is hiring an anti-racism commissioner, in response to a report prepared by the city's consultation office that slammed Montrealfor turning a blind eye to systemicracism and discrimination across municipal institutions.

Carol Dub, the husband of Joyce Echaquan, who died last week in a Joliette, Que., hospital, says he's touched by the amount of support his family has received.

Although masks in the classroom are viewed as a positive step in containing the spread of the virus, the rules also present new challenges in what is already a difficult time potentially exacerbating learning disabilities, as well asfeelings of isolation and anxiety.