Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Strippers’ challenge of Ontario pandemic measures to be heard in court
TORONTO — An advocacy group representing strippers will argue in Ontario court this week that provincial pandemic measures affecting strip clubs have targeted the workers and violated their charter rights. The application for judicial review was filed ...
Hundreds of Quebec mayors elected unopposed as nomination period ends
MONTREAL — Quebec's municipal elections are more than a month away, but already hundreds of mayors have been declared winners after nobody emerged to oppose their bids for office. Preliminary data published on the Quebec government's municipal electio...
Quebec reports 640 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths as hospitalizations drop slightly
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 640 additional cases of COVID-19 today and five more deaths due to the pandemic. Overall hospitalizations declined by nine to 301, while the number of people in intensive care dropped by one to 83. The vast majority
Ontario reports 704 new COVID-19 cases, seven new deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 704 cases of COVID-19 today along with seven more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 506 of today's new cases are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown
Ontario Tory stripped of legislative role for misrepresenting vaccination status
TORONTO — One of Premier Doug Ford's caucus members has been stripped of her parliamentary assistant role for misrepresenting her COVID-19 vaccination status. Government house leader Paul Calandra says in a statement that Lindsey Park will no longer se...
Elections Canada confirms recount going ahead in Quebec riding
OTTAWA — Elections Canada is confirming that a recount will take place in a Quebec riding with a close result after a "potential anomaly" was discovered with a ballot box after the votes were validated. Stéphane Perrault, Canada's chief electoral offic...
COVID-19 vaccine passports to be required to access Quebec legislature
MONTREAL — Quebec's legislature will soon be accessible only to people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The National Assembly announced the new health order requiring vaccine passports for staff, visitors, and journalists on Thursday evening,...
Supreme Court upholds Ontario law that slashed Toronto council during 2018 election
TORONTO — Canada's top court has upheld an Ontario law that slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half during the last municipal election, with a narrow majority ruling the move was constitutional. In a split 5-4 decision issued
Canada’s top court to rule on Ontario’s move to slash Toronto city council
TORONTO — Canada's top court is expected to rule Friday on whether Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to slash the size of Toronto's city council during the last municipal election was constitutional. The Supreme Court of Canada decision is set to
Ontario marks inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
TORONTO, Kan. — For residential school survivor James Bird, the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation represented an incredible moment to work toward healing, but he wanted Canadians to remember why it was being marked. "Let us never forget,...