Quebec Restores 8 p.m. Curfew in Montreal, Extends Lockdown Order in Quebec City

Quebec Restores 8 p.m. Curfew in Montreal, Extends Lockdown Order in Quebec City
People at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal on March 14, 2021. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
Updated:

MONTREAL—Quebec will bring back an 8 p.m. curfew in the Montreal area and extend a lockdown order in three cities and one region as it tightened COVID-19 restrictions Thursday for the second time in three days.

Beginning Sunday, people in Montreal and its northern suburb of Laval will have to remain at home from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. or face fines of more than $1,000, Premier Francois Legault said in Montreal. The curfew in that region currently starts at 9:30 p.m.