Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Modelling suggests COVID-19 cases likely to rise in Montreal due to U.K. variant
MONTREAL — A novel coronavirus variant could cause cases in the Montreal area to explode by the end of April if residents don't strictly adhere to health orders, according to new modelling by the province's public health institute. The modelling releas...
Cash-strapped Ontario municipalities to receive $500M in new funding
TORONTO — Cash-strapped municipalities in Ontario will receive an additional $500 million to help address pandemic-related costs.Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark said on Thursday the money can be used to pay for community services and ongoing cap...
Conservative MP David Sweet joins chorus calling for end to COVID-19 restrictions
OTTAWA — A Conservative MP has joined the chorus of voices calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario. Ontario MP David Sweet said Wednesday the pandemic-related restrictions are causing huge psychological and economic damage, and take an "inc...
Ontario to extend COVID-19 vaccine intervals after change in federal guidance
TORONTO — Ontario will extend the interval between doses of COVID-19 vaccines to up to four months after a national panel recommended doing so, paving the way for an acceleration of the province's immunization effort. A spokeswoman for Health Minister ...
Quebec eases restrictions in some regions, maintains Montreal at highest alert level
MONTREAL — Concern over the rising number of cases of novel coronavirus mutations is splitting Quebec in two -- the greater Montreal area, where authorities fear COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations could soon explode, and everywhere else. Premier ...
Ontarians need ‘realistic’ guidance on seeing friends, relatives: expert
TORONTO — Ontarians should be encouraged to see friends and relatives outdoors in the coming months, some health experts said Tuesday in stressing the need for realistic pandemic guidance following a winter of isolation. Now that most of the province h...
Ontarians need ‘realistic’ guidance on seeing friends, relatives: expert
TORONTO — Ontarians should be encouraged to see friends and relatives outdoors in the coming months, some health experts said Tuesday in stressing the need for realistic pandemic guidance following a winter of isolation. Now that most of the province h...
Pilot project aims to regulate Ontario’s tow truck industry that’s rocked by violence
TORONTO — Restricting towing zones on some highways and licensing tow truck drivers are some of the measures Ontario will be introducing later this year in its efforts to crack down on an industry rocked by allegations of violent turf
350 Montreal pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March: health minister
MONTREAL — Quebec has reached a deal with pharmacies that will allow them to start administering COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March to help the province get ahead of more contagious virus variants, Health Minister Christian Dube said Tuesday. Some 350 phar...
Ontario won’t administer Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to seniors, health minister says
TORONTO — Ontario seniors won't receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine since there's limited data on its effectiveness in older populations, the province said Tuesday, but it remained unclear who those shots would go to. Health Minister Christ...