A raccoon licks his chops in an environment reproducing a Laurentian Maple Forrest during a media event at Montreal’s Biodome on Thursday, August 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Quebec public health officials are sounding the alarm as rabies cases continue to spread in regions to the south and east of Montreal.
The province has recorded 76 cases in 2026, only halfway through the year, compared to 93 for all of 2025.
