Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Vaccine bookings open for young children in Ontario on Tuesday
TORONTO — Ontario parents of children aged five to 11 will be able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their kids starting Tuesday, with the first shots expected to be administered Thursday. Health Minister Christine Elliott said the province is...
Ontario expands training program to help pay tuition for those looking for new skills
ORILLIA, Ont. — The province says it is expanding a training program to help those looking for work in a different field. Ontario says there are 300,000 jobs available right now, but the province needs more workers to fill those roles. Premier
Ontario ignoring public’s rights to environmental consultation, public info: audit
TORONTO — The Ontario government is ignoring the public's right to consultation on environmentally significant decisions as it allows companies off the hook for pollution costs and harm to at-risk species, according to a new set of environmental audits...
Former NDP MP Pierre Nantel to run as Parti Québécois candidate in key riding
MONTREAL — The Parti Québécois says it will be running a new candidate in the Marie-Victorin riding in Longueuil, south of Montreal. Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says former NDP MP Pierre Nantel, who held the seat of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert be...
Quebec reports 707 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths
Quebec is reporting 707 new cases of COVID-19 today and three more deaths attributed to the virus. Health officials say COVID-19-related hospitalizations dropped by two from the day before to 199, while the number of patients in intensive care declined...
Ontario reports 741 new cases of COVID-19, three new deaths
Ontario is reporting 741 new cases of COVID-19 today as the province prepares to receive its first shipment of the children's vaccine. The daily case count is up slightly from the 728 reported on Saturday, and marks the fourth straight day
Ontario PCs breaking election promise to restore auditor general’s ad oversight power
TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservative government is breaking an election promise to restore the auditor general's powers over government advertising. When they were in Opposition, the Tories railed against changes the Liberal government of the d...
Quebec’s new COVID-19 cases rise to 815, three new deaths reported
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 815 new cases of COVID-19 as well as three additional deaths due to the pandemic. The number of new cases is significantly above the seven-day average of 665. Both hospitalizations and intensive care numbers remained unch...
Ontario reports more than 700 COVID-19 cases for third straight day
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 728 new cases of COVID-19 today, one day after a children's vaccine was authorized for use by Health Canada. The number is down slightly from the 793 reported on Friday, but up from the 666 the
Quebec hopes to have kids inoculated with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by Christmas
MONTREAL — Quebec is aiming to have the 700,000 children aged five to 11 in the province vaccinated with one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by Christmas, Health Minister Christian Dubé said Friday, adding that they won't be subject to the