Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Volunteer firefighters face delays in booking tests in Ontario to operate fire trucks
A northern Ontario municipality's attempt to boost its roster of fire truck drivers is being stymied by a backlog of road tests, and officials are calling on the province to increase capacity in the north. The volunteer-run fire department in the
Ontario ready to vaccinate kids aged five to 11 as soon as child-sized doses arrive
TORONTO — Ontario parents will likely be able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their young children as early as next week, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday, ahead of the expected approval of the shot for use in kids. The
Ontario high schools allowed to return to regular semesters in February
Ontario high schools will shift back to regular semesters no later than February, returning secondary students to a normal schedule for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. School boards will be able to make the change sooner if
Ontario students to get rapid COVID tests over winter holidays
TORONTO — Ontario students will be sent home for the December break with five rapid antigen COVID-19 tests each as part of the province's plan to ramp up testing over the holidays. The plan to distribute 11 million tests over the
LRT inquiry to examine safety, tech, value and accountability: Mulroney
TORONTO — Ontario's transportation minister says a public inquiry examining Ottawa's light rail transit system will look into issues regarding safety, technical elements, value for money and accountability. Caroline Mulroney says the government is stil...
Quebec minister defends transfer of seniors to care homes during COVID-19 first wave
QUEBEC — Contrary to popular belief, the Quebec government did not massively transfer elderly patients to long-term care homes to free up hospital beds at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's former health minister told a coroner's inques...
Ontario government calls public inquiry into problems affecting Ottawa’s LRT system
OTTAWA — The Ontario government says it will be launching a public inquiry into problems affecting Ottawa's light rail transit system. Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney says in a release that the problems plaguing Stage 1 of the project are una...
Ontario government giving Wheatley additional $3.8M in explosion relief funds
TORONTO — The Ontario government is providing an additional $3.8 million in funding to support the community of Wheatley as it recovers from an explosion that occurred at a building this summer. The Aug. 26 explosion, suspected to be caused by
Pharmacies can safely test people with COVID symptoms, Ontario health minister says
TORONTO — Ontario's health minister defended a plan Wednesday to allow people with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested for the virus in pharmacies, after some experts raised safety concerns. Health Minister Christine Elliott told the legislature that phar...
New daily COVID-19 cases in Quebec rise above 700 as hospitalizations drop
MONTREAL — Quebec health officials on Wednesday reported 718 new cases of COVID-19, no more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus and a drop in hospitalizations. Officials said COVID-19-related hospitalizations dropped by five from the day before,...