Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Quebec reports 789 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths as daily vaccinations reach new high
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 789 new cases of COVID-19 today and 11 additional virus-related deaths. The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations rose by one to 551, while the number of patients in intensive care was stable at 106. Healt...
Experts say Quebecers may be less willing to comply with curfew as days get longer
MONTREAL — The curfew imposed across Quebec in a bid to quell the spread of COVID-19 is coming under renewed scrutiny as public health experts question whether residents will still be willing to comply with the measure as the days
‘This is what we do’: Ontario family clinics join COVID-19 vaccine campaign
TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination effort took another step forward on Saturday as many family physicians in a handful of public health units began administering shots to specific members of the general public. The ramped-up immunization drive ki...
Bill to change judicial appointments should bar partisanship: former chief justices
TORONTO — Three former Ontario chief justices say proposed legislation that would change how provincial judges are appointed should include a clause meant to prohibit partisanship. In a submission to a legislative committee, the three former heads of t...
NDP MPP says Ford should apologize in public for comment that he jumped the vax line
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford has apologized in private to an Indigenous NDP legislator he accused of "jumping the line" for a COVID-19 vaccine, but Sol Mamakwa said Friday he wants the premier to apologize publicly to all Indigenous people
Ontario to blame if $11M in COVID relief aid embezzled, fired bureaucrat alleges
TORONTO — A former senior civil servant alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million in COVID-19 relief money is now arguing the Ontario government is to blame for any losses it suffered. In a statement of defence filed in Superior
Schools ordered to move learning online in Sudbury in response to COVID risk
SUDBURY, Ont. — Schools in the Sudbury, Ont., area are being ordered to move classes online starting Monday as the region enters a lockdown to counter concerning COVID-19 trends. The health unit's top doctor ordered the school closure Thursday that aff...
Quebec to reopen gyms across province March 26, opens vaccinations to Montrealers 65+
MONTREAL — Quebec will reopen gyms across all pandemic-alert zones March 26, in what the minister responsible for sports says is the first part of a gradual reopening of sports and recreation in the province. "It's a first step, but it's
Canadian court rejects ex-Saudi spy’s bid to release his assets
TORONTO — A former top intelligence agent who alleges Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler sent a hit squad to Canada to kill him has lost a bid to have his assets released. In a ruling released Thursday, an Ontario Superior Court
Peel Region mayors call for move to ‘red’ zone after being placed in ‘grey’
Mayors in Peel Region are asking the province to further loosen restrictions in their communities days after a stay-at-home order was lifted. Peel Region – made up of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon – was moved into the strictest "grey lockdown" cat...