Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Schools in four more Ontario public health units to reopen for in-person learning
TORONTO — Schools in four more public health units in southern Ontario will reopen for in-person learning on Monday, but students in several other regions will continue to learn online. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Thursday that students will...
Quebec updates N95 mask guidelines, nurses’ union says government should go further
MONTREAL — Quebec's national public health institute issued new recommendations Wednesday for the use of N95 masks by health-care professionals. The new guidelines say the masks can be worn in health-care facilities with "uncontrolled outbreaks" of COV...
Students who report sexual violence can’t be asked about sexual history: Ontario govt
Ontario is moving to bar colleges and universities from asking students who report sexual violence or harassment about their sexual history. The province is also proposing to prohibit post-secondary institutions from punishing complainants for drinking...
Students who report sexual violence can’t be asked about sexual history: Ontario govt
Ontario is moving to bar colleges and universities from asking students who report sexual violence or harassment about their sexual history. The province is also proposing to prohibit post-secondary institutions from punishing complainants for drinking...
Quebec exempts homeless from ‘cruel’ curfew after court rules order endangered safety
MONTREAL — The Quebec government said Wednesday it will not challenge a temporary court order granted Tuesday that exempts the homeless from a provincewide curfew imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19.Junior health minister Lionel Carmant said in a t...
Civil servant ‘betrayed’ family with alleged $11-million COVID-relief fraud: docs
TORONTO — A former senior civil servant accused of embezzling $11 million in Ontario COVID-19 relief money betrayed his own family, according to his wife and two sons. In sworn affidavits, the wife of Sanjay Madan and their two adult sons
Civil servant ‘betrayed’ family with alleged $11-million COVID-relief fraud: docs
TORONTO — A former senior civil servant accused of embezzling $11 million in Ontario COVID-19 relief money betrayed his own family, according to his wife and two sons. In sworn affidavits, the wife of Sanjay Madan and their two adult sons
Quebec may ease COVID-19 restrictions in some regions as of Feb. 8, Legault says
MONTREAL — Quebec plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions in some regions as of Feb. 8 if the situation in the province continues to improve, Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday. Legault said the average number of new cases in the province has
Ont. public health units beef up infection control, testing as U.K. variant spreads
TORONTO — Public health officials in Ontario are taking further measures to trace a more contagious strain of COVID-19 that's been found in a number of regions since it was first detected in the Toronto area a month ago. As of
‘It’s oatmeal for everyone’: Quebec regional mayors want COVID-19 restrictions eased
MONTREAL — The Quebec government came under pressure Monday to ease lockdown restrictions, from the opposition who called for the homeless to be curfew exempt, to regional mayors who said the rules are unjustified in their towns. Mayors in less-popula...