Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Sex-offender provision unconstitutional in not criminally responsible cases: court
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that Ontario's sex-offender registry regime violates the constitutional rights of people found not criminally responsible for their actions by reason of mental disorder. The decision came Friday in the ...
Ontario extends public health orders, expected to unveil new COVID-19 hot spot rules
TORONTO — Ontario’s government says public health orders currently in effect across the province will remain in place for another month. The province says the current orders under the Reopening Ontario Act will remain in force until Dec. 21. Solicitor
Indigenous students from Quebec still can’t return to N.B. high school
An intergovernmental dispute has kept more than 100 high school students from a Quebec Indigenous community out of the classroom at their New Brunswick high school for over a month. The chief of their First Nation says for some of the
Quebec premier offers ‘moral contract’ for Christmas; lockdown order extended
MONTREAL — Premier Francois Legault on Thursday offered Quebecers a "moral contract" for the Christmas holidays while extending lockdown orders across most of the province until Jan. 11. Gatherings up to 10 people will be allowed between Dec. 24 and De...
Ontario hits 150 COVID-19 cases in intensive care, may result in cancelled surgeries
TORONTO — Ontario now has 150 COVID-19 patients in its intensive care units, crossing a key threshold that government projections have indicated could lead to cancelled surgeries, as Premier Doug Ford promised action to protect hospital capacity. The ...
New restrictions coming for COVID-19 hot spots of Toronto, Peel, York Region
Toronto and two other COVID-19 hot spots in Ontario will face new restrictions later this week, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday. Ford said the new measures, which will be announced on Friday, are necessary because the case counts in Toronto, Pee...
Ontario auditor to release value-for-money audits related to the environment
TORONTO — Ontario may not meet its greenhouse gas emission targets because they're not a "cross-government priority," the province's auditor general said Wednesday, casting doubt on a key environmental pledge made by Premier Doug Ford. Auditor General ...
Simple messages and coherent policy needed to clear up COVID confusion: experts
Simple, direct messaging from officials is necessary to clear up confusion about shifting public health restrictions amid skyrocketing COVID-19 infections in Canada, experts in health and communications say. At the same time, officials need to be reali...
Quebec unlikely to relax ‘red-zone’ restrictions as planned on Nov. 23: premier
MONTREAL — The partial lockdown across most of Quebec is helping to reduce COVID-19 transmission and is unlikely to be lifted before Christmas, Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday. The restrictions -- which have shut bars, restaurant dining rooms, mu...
Migrant worker groups critical of Ontario’s new farm outbreak plan
TORONTO — A new strategy to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks on Ontario farms does not go far enough to protect vulnerable employees, migrant worker groups said Tuesday, as the province and farmers pledged to do more ahead of the 2021 growing