Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Peel Region pledges fines for businesses who violate public health rules
TORONTO — Businesses in a prominent Ontario COVID-19 hot spot may face steep fines in the weeks ahead if they ignore rules meant to keep the virus from spreading further afield, the region's top doctor announced Saturday as the province
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Hydro-Québec over transmission line project
OTTAWA — Hydro-Québec has the right to construct an electric-power transmission line along an existing corridor despite the objections of land owners, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In 2015, the provincial government approved Hydro-Québec's pla...
Calling anti-Semite to testify at hate trial would have been disastrous, lawyer says
TORONTO — Calling a notorious anti-Semite as a witness would have been disastrous to the defence of wilfully promoting hatred, the former lawyer for a convicted hate monger testified on Thursday. Under cross-examination by his ex-client, Dean Embry sai...
With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Quebec considers temporarily shutting schools
MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it's considering shutting schools for up to a month around the holiday season to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In the past two days, 324 classrooms across Quebec have been closed following COVID-19 outbreaks, Prem...
Ontario could see 6,500 new daily cases of COVID-19 in December, new modelling shows
TORONTO — Ontario could see as many as 6,500 new daily cases of COVID-19 by mid-December unless steps are taken to limit the spread of the virus, newly released projections showed Thursday as the province marked another record for new
Permanent ’60s Scoop foundation set to launch Thursday
TORONTO — Survivors of the notorious '60s Scoop are set to mark a key milestone on Thursday with the ceremonial launch of a $50-million foundation aimed at healing the damage wrought by the practice of taking Indigenous children from their
Quebec reports 1,378 new COVID-19 infections, 22 deaths as hospitalizations increase
MONTREAL — Health officials in Montreal say they'll begin employing what's known as "backward contract tracing" in order to determine the source of COVID-19 spread in the community. Dr. Mylene Drouin, Montreal's public health director, said Wedne...
Ontario reports 1,426 new COVID-19 cases today, and 15 new deaths from the virus
Ontario is reporting 1,426 new cases of COVID-19 today, marking a new daily record. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 468 new cases in Peel Region, 384 in Toronto, and 180 in York Region. Elliott says there are also 63 new
Quebec town to cull half of the deer population at local park
LONGUEUIL, Que. — Officials in a city just south of Montreal say they will have to kill half the white-tailed deer living in a municipal green space as efforts to control their population haven't worked. The City of Longueuil says the
Pandemic highlights lack of access to public washrooms during winter months
TORONTO — Looming winter weather as the pandemic progresses has forced Ontario municipalities to take a hard look at the lack public washrooms available during the colder months. Toronto residents who flocked to city parks during a recent stretch of