Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Ontario schools go remote, non-urgent surgeries paused, among other COVID measures
TORONTO — Ontario is moving school classes online, pausing non-urgent surgeries and imposing widespread business closures as part of its bid to slow the spread of COVID-19 as the highly transmissible Omicron variant threatens health system capacity. Th...
Quebec reports 15,000 new COVID-19 cases, Canadian Army rolls to hasten vaccination
MONTREAL — Quebec reported 15,293 new COVID-19 cases on Monday and 15 more deaths linked to the virus, as Canada's public safety minister announced members of the Canadian Armed Forces will be mobilized to speed up the province's vaccination efforts. B...
Ont. hospitals facing staffing challenges as COVID-19 cases continue to mount
TORONTO — Ontario hospitals are feeling the brunt of soaring COVID-19 case counts as the virus rips through the province at record speed and infects high numbers of patients and health care workers. The situation has become so serious that some
Quebec reports 15,845 COVID-19 cases, starts Sunday store closures
MONTREAL — Labour groups and small business owners offered mixed reactions on Sunday as Quebec proceeded with the first of three planned closures of non-essential retail stores, saying they're grappling with both staffing crunches exacerbated by soarin...
Montreal police fine 57 for protesting against curfew, one arrested
Montreal police say 57 people were ticketed and one was arrested at a protest against Quebec's provincewide curfew on Saturday night. A few dozen people gathered in downtown Montreal to oppose the return of a curfew, which came into effect
Ontario raises maximum allowable rent increase as rent freezes end
TORONTO — Ontario renters may soon be paying more for their accommodations after the province hiked its rent increase guidelines today. The province says it has set its rent increase guideline for 2022 at 1.2 per cent. The guideline is the maximum
Ontario won’t share school, child care COVID-19 numbers: Ministry of Education memos
TORONTO — Ontario will no longer be reporting COVID-19 case figures in schools or child-care settings amid an ongoing, provincewide surge in new infections, according to a pair of memos from the Ministry of Education. The directives to school boards
Ont. minimum wage hike comes into effect, liquor servers and students get pay bump
TORONTO — Some Ontario workers will see their paycheques rise this week as an official increase to the province's minimum wage takes effect today. Minimum wage workers will now earn $15 per hour, up from the previous hourly rate of
What we know so far about Ontario’s changes to its pandemic response
Ontario announced a slew of changes to testing and isolation guidelines in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the Omicron variant continues to rip through the province. Here's what we know so far: WHAT CHANGED WITH TESTING? Previously, anyone wit...
COVID-19 outbreaks declared in 40 long-term care homes in span of one day
TORONTO — COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared in 40 long-term care homes across Ontario in the past day as positive cases continue to break daily records. There are now 98 homes in outbreak across the province, provincial data show. There are