Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Mayors, construction industry, call on Ontario and feds for infrastructure money
Ontario's largest municipalities are asking the federal and provincial governments to provide an immediate funding boost for infrastructure projects, saying cities need the help to stimulate economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayors represen...
OPP commissioner defends officers’ conduct at site of Indigenous land dispute
The head of Ontario’s provincial police force has defended his officers’ conduct at the site of an Indigenous land dispute that escalated to violence last week, but demonstrators say a video he shared doesn't tell the full story of what
Ontario Tory legislator apologizes for not wearing mask during photo
A Progressive Conservative legislator is apologizing for not wearing a mask while posing for a group photo over the weekend. Sam Oosterhoff, who is also the parliamentary assistant to the education minister, posted the picture on social media over the ...
200 Quebec fitness businesses says they will reopen despite COVID-19 restrictions
MONTREAL — A coalition of about 200 Quebec gym, yoga, dance and martial arts business owners say they intend to reopen their doors on Thursday in defiance of provincial health rules. The businesses are calling on Quebec Premier Francois Legault to
Quebec orders gyms, bars and other entertainment venues closed for another 4 weeks
MONTREAL — Quebecers in the province's biggest cities will have to live with COVID-19 restrictions for another four weeks, Premier Francois Legault said Monday. Legault extended his partial lockdown order for the province's maximum-alert regions, inclu...
Halton Region on ‘border line’ for restrictions: Dr. Williams
TORONTO — Another region in the Greater Toronto Area is "on the border line" of requiring stricter restrictions to combat COVID-19, Ontario's top doctor said Monday, but more data is needed before the province decides on the move. Dr. David Willi...
Chief of Neskantaga First Nation scales up evacuation amid tainted water crisis
The chief of a First Nation in a remote part of northwestern Ontario says he's moving to a full evacuation after test results showed high levels of hydrocarbons in the water supply.Chief Chris Moonias says in a social media post
Halton asks to avoid restrictions as Ontario COVID-19 cases reach new high
Politicians from a Toronto-area region facing the prospect of stricter public health measures pleaded for an exemption on Saturday, arguing the local COVID-19 case load isn't on par with numbers in other hot spots that drove Ontario's total to a
Ontario promises action to address rising insurance rates as critics urge regulation
TORONTO — Under pressure to address rising commercial insurance rates blamed on the pandemic, Premier Doug Ford promised this week to take action to stop what he called "gouging" by some companies in the sector. Ford twice this week has told
Ford calls for talks in Indigenous land dispute, condemns violence
Ontario's premier is calling for demonstrators in an Indigenous land dispute to engage in peaceful talks with his government, saying on Friday that violence by protesters near Caledonia, Ont., won't be tolerated. Doug Ford expressed his frustrati...