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Good evening, these are your top stories for Friday, September 11, 2020.
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Quebec to allow activities between class groups — even in yellow zones; Quebec Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge is expected to make the announcement at a news conference this morning.

Quebec to allow activities between class groups — even in yellow zones

Sep 11 , 2020 • 07:20 EDT

Radio-Canada has learned the province will allow intramural sports and art activities between class groups starting Monday. The full details are expected to be announced later this morning.

Quebec's first COVID-19 wave battered Montreal. Now, outbreaks have come to the regions; The Institut de technologie agroalimentaire de La Pocatière is one of two colleges at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak after a series of student parties left 100 people infected with coronavirus.

Quebec's first COVID-19 wave battered Montreal. Now, outbreaks have come to the regions

Sep 11 , 2020 • 04:00 EDT

The Bas-Saint-Laurent region had 78 confirmed COVID-19 cases through Sept. 7. The number jumped to 100 this week. Quebec City has returned more positive cases since Saturday than in June and July combined. Flare-ups are multiplying in the Eastern Townships. Has the virus moved to the regions?

Montreal couple of 72 years reunited after COVID-19 separates them for 3 months;

Montreal couple of 72 years reunited after COVID-19 separates them for 3 months

Sep 11 , 2020 • 05:00 EDT

While Anna Driscoll was recovering from a broken hip in a west end health centre, she was unable to care for her husband, Ronald Sweeney. He was moved into a hospital setting and COVID-19 restrictions made getting back together complicated.

Why this Kanien'kehá:ka community is offering home learning for its students;

Why this Kanien'kehá:ka community is offering home learning for its students

Sep 11 , 2020 • 04:00 EDT

While thousands of children in Quebec have returned to the classroom, many students in Kahnawake, Que., will be starting the new school year from home.

COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know on Friday; Students at Cégep de la Pocatière were forced to switch to online learning this week, after a back-to-school party in the region led to a COVID-19 outbreak.

COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know on Friday

Sep 11 , 2020 • 06:14 EDT

While Montreal was hardest hit by the first wave of COVID-19, cases have been rising in other Quebec regions amid outbreaks.

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Festivals, arts events experiment this fall, bringing big experiences to tiny audiences;

Sep 11 , 2020 • 04:00 EDT

Festivals, arts events experiment this fall, bringing big experiences to tiny audiences

Quebec to ban karaoke after more than 80 COVID-19 cases traced back to single night; A man walks by the Bar Kirouac which was closed after people that were infected by the COVID-19 participated in a karaoke, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in Quebec City.

Sep 10 , 2020 • 15:00 EDT

Quebec to ban karaoke after more than 80 COVID-19 cases traced back to single night

Don't call 911 to report mask violations, Gatineau police plead;

Sep 11 , 2020 • 04:00 EDT

Don't call 911 to report mask violations, Gatineau police plead

Spirits high as Montreal's orchestra readies to perform once again;

Sep 10 , 2020 • 17:06 EDT

Spirits high as Montreal's orchestra readies to perform once again

Habitant hoops: Montreal is a basketball town;

Sep 10 , 2020 • 17:00 EDT

Habitant hoops: Montreal is a basketball town

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