Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Migrant farm worker vaccine pilot to run at Toronto airport this weekend
TORONTO — Ontario will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to migrant farm workers arriving at Toronto's international airport through a pilot project this weekend, The Canadian Press has learned. A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rura...
Migrant farm worker vaccine pilot to run at Toronto airport this weekend
TORONTO — Ontario will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to migrant farm workers arriving at Toronto's international airport through a pilot project this weekend, The Canadian Press has learned. A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rura...
Second straight day Quebec City reports highest number of new infections in province
MONTREAL — Health officials in Quebec City pleaded with residents on Friday to follow health orders after the capital region reported the highest number of new daily COVID-19 infections in the province for a second consecutive day. Quebec City had 449
Quebec restores 8 p.m. curfew in Montreal, extends lockdown order in Quebec City
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
Advocates call for accessible COVID-19 vaccine plan for Ontario migrant farm workers
Advocates are raising concerns about temporary migrant workers not having timely access to information about Ontario's plan to offer them COVID-19 vaccines. A recent letter from a group of medical experts and community service providers outlined some o...
Plan for hot spot mobile vaccine clinics for 18+ still being developed in Ontario
TORONTO — Ontario's plan to use mobile units to vaccinate those aged 18 and older in COVID-19 hot spots will take some time to launch, a member of the province's immunization task force said Thursday as residents in those areas
Highlights of Ontario’s new stay-at-home order starting Thursday
A stay-at-home order will take effect across Ontario starting this Thursday at 12:01 a.m. That four-week measure, similar to one implemented in January, requires people to stay home except for essential trips like grocery shopping, accessing health-ca...
Quebec City gym linked to nearly 360 cases of COVID-19, health authorities say
QUEBEC — A COVID-19 outbreak at a gym in Quebec City has now been linked to almost 360 cases of COVID-19. The regional health authority says that as of today, 193 clients and staff of the Mega Fitness Gym have tested
Quebec City gym linked to more than 400 cases of COVID-19, health authorities say
QUEBEC — A gym in Quebec City has now been linked to 419 cases of COVID-19 after staff and clients got infected and unknowingly carried the virus to grocery stores, homes, and workplaces, the regional health authority said Wednesday. A spokesman
16-year-old dies in Montreal hospital from COVID-19, youngest known victim in Quebec
MONTREAL — A 16-year-old patient has died from complications arising from COVID-19, a Montreal pediatric hospital confirmed Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the Ste-Justine children's hospital said privacy laws prevented officials from releasing other deta...