Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Ontario reports 604 in intensive care due to COVID19, 57 new deaths
TORONTO — Ontario says there are 3,797 patients in hospital with COVID-19 and 604 people in intensive care units due to critical illness related to the disease. The province says the numbers don't represent the full extend of hospitalizations as more
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds meeting on rural, remote and northern housing issues
Ontario Premier Doug Ford met Sunday with leaders of rural, remote and northern communities to discuss their housing challenges as issues of rapid price growth and lack of supply are felt far beyond urban borders. The talks came after the premier
Quebec announces 68 COVID-19 deaths, drop in hospitalizations, rise in ICU cases
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 68 new deaths attributed to COVID-19 today, but saw a drop in virus-related hospitalizations for a third consecutive day. Health authorities say the number of hospitalizations declined by 56 patients to 3,295. But 10 more...
Ontario reports 600 in ICU due to COVID19, 4,026 hospitalizations and 47 new deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 4,026 are currently people in hospital with COVID-19, including 600 patients in intensive care units. Hospitalizations are down slightly from the 4,114 reported Friday, while the number of people in the ICU has inched up ...
Quebec restaurant and bar owners mull reopening in defiance of health orders
MONTREAL — Hundreds of Quebec restaurant and bar owners are considering opening their doors at the end of January in defiance of government health orders, the head of a group representing bar owners said Friday. A movement that began with a
Ontario gives $120M boost to cities’ gas tax funding to make up for low fuel sales
TORONTO — Ontario municipalities with public transit systems are receiving an additional $120 million in funding this year. The Ontario government provides those communities with two cents per litre of the provincial gas tax revenue it collects. But th...
Ontario to start reopening businesses, boost gathering sizes
TORONTO — Ontario will soon begin easing COVID-19 restrictions, starting by reopening businesses such as restaurants, gyms and cinemas with capacity limits and boosting the size of social gatherings – all with an eye to lifting nearly all constraints b...
Ontario sees ‘glimmers of hope’ in Omicron fight, health minister says
TORONTO — Ontario is seeing "glimmers of hope" in its fight against the Omicron variant, the health minister said Wednesday, setting the stage for what the premier has called a positive announcement on restrictions that's expected Thursday. COVID-19 ca...
Ford holds housing summit, promises funding to help municipalities cut red tape
TORONTO — Ontario's largest communities will get new funding to help speed up development approvals, Premier Doug Ford announced as he hosted a housing summit Wednesday, but the municipal leaders he met with say much stronger action is needed. Ford sai...
Positive news coming this week on COVID-19 restrictions, Ford says
TORONTO — Ontario is set to make an announcement later this week about reducing COVID-19 restrictions, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday, as some health-sector experts pointed to early signs of an ebbing Omicron wave. Ford told Ottawa radio station CFRA t...