Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Ontario aims to ramp up electric vehicle production but not offering rebate on sales
Ontario wants to ramp up domestic production of electric and hybrid cars over the next decade, but the government isn't planning to offer incentives for residents to buy them. "Motor vehicle manufacturing has been a way of life in Ontario," Premier
Ontario reports 512 cases of COVID-19, 12 deaths, including person under 20
TORONTO — A person under the age of 20 is among 12 new COVID-19 deaths the province is reporting today. A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott says the government is sending its condolences to the family of the deceased, and
Health experts say Quebec should learn from Europe and move quickly on COVID boosters
MONTREAL — The Quebec government's policy on COVID-19 vaccine boosters is soft, contradictory and disconnected, health experts lamented on Tuesday, as residents 80 and up became eligible to book appointments for third doses. Quebec lacks a sense of urg...
Ontario negotiating for more child-care money, flexibility, sustainability: Lecce
TORONTO — The money currently on offer for Ontario in the federal government's child-care plan would see families paying much more than $10 a day, the province's education minister said Monday. Stephen Lecce faced questions about why Ontario has not be...
Ontario assisting about a dozen long-term care homes as first-dose deadline hits
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Fewer than a dozen nursing homes needed staffing help from the Ontario government on Monday as the deadline for workers to get a first COVID-19 vaccine dose came due, according to the minister of long-term care. "We are
Former Quebec Health Minister Gaetan Barrette won’t run in next provincial election
MONTREAL — A former Liberal Quebec health minister who's been the subject of recent controversy says he won't be running in next year's provincial election. Gaétan Barrette, who served as health minister between 2014 and 2018 under former Premier Phili...
Quebec reports 634 new COVID-19 cases, four additional deaths
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 634 new cases of COVID-19 today and four more deaths attributed to the virus. Health officials say COVID-19-related hospitalizations dropped by nine from the day before to 189, while the number of patients in intensive ca...
Ontario reports 666 new COVID-19 infections, seven more virus-related deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 666 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths from the disease. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 366 of those infected are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown immunization status, while 300 fully vaccinated peopl...
CAQ to run candidate in Marie-Victorin, Legault says as general meeting kicks off
TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — The Coalition Avenir Québec aims to put forward a candidate in the riding of Marie-Victorin left vacant by the newly elected mayor of Longueuil, the province's premier said Saturday. François Legault, who made the announcement up...
Protesters tell Air Canada CEO to pack his bags, demand more French from management
MONTREAL — Roughly 100 demonstrators are demanding the departure of Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau, enduring the November rain to stage a protest in front of the company's head office in Montreal this afternoon. The protesters are urging the board of