Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Two Toronto-area seniors homes limit visits from Barrie over COVID-19 variant risk
Two Toronto-area retirement homes imposed restrictions on visitors coming from an Ontario region at the centre of a more potent COVID-19 outbreak over the weekend as officials in another district said the more contagious U.K. virus variant had surfaced...
Ontario’s top doctors ask government to reopen schools before other sectors
Ontario's regional public health officials are asking the government to prioritize opening schools before lifting other public health restrictions aimed at reducing high levels COVID-19 infection and hospitalizations across the province. The chair of ...
Francois Legault plans to announce changes to COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he plans to announce changes to Quebec's COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday. Legault wrote in a Saturday-morning Facebook post that he hopes to be able to relax some restrictions, particularly those around ret...
Francois Legault plans to announce changes to COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday
MONTREAL — Quebec residents will have to wait until Tuesday to learn of pending changes to the government's latest COVID-19 public health protocols, the province's premier announced as he cautioned the current rules would remain in place for at least
Ontario bureaucrat accused of scamming $11M now accused in alleged $30M fraud
TORONTO — A senior provincial employee alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million from the Ontario government is now accused of kickbacks in an alleged fraud worth at least $30 million, court documents show. In an amended statement of claim
Quebec takes aim at COVID-19 variants with surveillance plan as new cases identified
MONTREAL — Quebec is ramping up its ability to identify COVID-19 variants as health officials reported Friday that eight cases of the more transmissible U.K. variant have been identified in the province. Officials announced an $11-million investment to...
Opioid deaths highlight need to decriminalize hard-drug possession, police chiefs say
TORONTO — The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. In urging action, Bryan Larkin noted that overdose deaths...
COVID-19 cases down across Ontario but U.K. variant a threat, new data indicates
TORONTO — Cases of COVID-19 are decreasing across Ontario but the spread of a more contagious variant presents a "significant threat" to controlling the pandemic, the province's health advisors said Thursday. The variant – first identified in the U.K....
Most COVID-19 restrictions to be extended past Feb. 8, Quebec premier says
MONTREAL — Quebecers should not expect a return to normal life any time soon despite a recent reduction in new COVID-19 cases, Premier Francois Legault said Thursday as he warned that most current restrictions will be extended past Feb. 8. Legault
Supreme Court won’t hear police oversight case; Black family alleged brutality
TORONTO — Canada's top court refused on Thursday to hear a case involving the limits of police oversight, prompting a renewed call for a misconduct hearing against a police officer a Black family accused of brutality. At issue in the case