Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Report urges northern Ontario to focus on attracting, retaining newcomers
TORONTO — Communities in northern Ontario should be inclusive and make newcomers feel welcome if they want to help bolster dwindling populations, a newly released report urges. The Come North report, which is the product of two conferences held by the...
Quebec to wait up to 90 days to give second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
MONTREAL — Quebec will wait up to 90 days before giving a COVID-19 vaccine booster to people who have received a first shot, Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday. That delay goes far beyond the recommendation of vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and...
Ontario temporarily pauses residential evictions for length of emergency declaration
TORONTO — Ontario has temporarily paused residential evictions during its current state of emergency. Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark said the pause will ensure people can stay safely in their residences while a stay-at-home order remains in pl...
Police don’t have power to randomly stop people over Ontario stay-at-home order
TORONTO — A stay-at-home order went into effect in Ontario on Thursday but the government said police would not have the authority to randomly stop residents on the street to ensure compliance. The measure, imposed in an effort to bring down
Extendicare now hit with $200 million class-action lawsuit over long-term care deaths
TORONTO — A proposed class action against a prominent nursing-home company now covers all its facilities, including those hit hardest by COVID-19, and seeks more than $200 million in damages, according to a fresh statement of claim. The unproven claim ...
A look at Ontario’s new stay-at-home order
The Ontario government is imposing a stay-at-home order in an effort to bring down soaring COVID-19 infections. Here's a closer look at what that means: --- When does the order take effect? It comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. --- Does it mean ...
A look at Ontario’s new stay-at-home order
The Ontario government is imposing a stay-at-home order in an effort to bring down soaring COVID-19 infections. Here's a closer look at what that means: --- When does the order take effect? It comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. --- Does it mean ...
Montreal adding hundreds of hospital beds as city remains COVID-19 epicentre
Montreal is once again the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante said Wednesday as the city's hospital network scrambled to open more beds for a rising number of patients. The situation in hospitals is worrying, Pl...
Ford defends COVID-19 stay-at-home order, asks for compliance from Ontarians
TORONTO — Ontario's premier defended his government's new stay-at-home order on Wednesday as critics called it unclear and officials in the province's largest city said they were still seeking details on the rules. A day after plunging the province in...
A look at new restrictions under Ontario’s stay-at-home order
TORONTO — Ontario has declared a state of emergency and issued a stay-at-home order that will take effect Thursday in response to surging COVID-19 infections that threaten to overrun the health-care system. Residents will be required to stay home, lea...