Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Testing and high vax rates will help keep Ontario schools safe this fall: Moore
TORONTO — Regular testing combined with high levels of COVID-19 vaccination among staff and eligible students should keep Ontario schools safe when they open next month, the province's top doctor said Tuesday. Dr. Kieran Moore said schools will be mon...
‘Passport to freedom’: Quebec says vaccine passports available for download Wednesday
MONTREAL — The smartphone applications that will run Quebec's vaccine passport system will be available for download starting Wednesday, one week before the government's latest health order goes into effect, according to Health Minister Christian Dubé....
Quebec junior colleges reopen to in-person classes for 1st time since start of COVID
MONTREAL — Eighteen-year-old Shanie Rochasmar was among thousands of students who walked into Montreal's English-language Dawson College on Monday for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She said she picked out her clothes the nig...
Ontario’s daily COVID-19 case count rises hire with 722 new infections, two deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 722 cases of COVID-19 today and two new deaths linked to the virus. The latest figures mark the first time since June that the daily tally has passed the 700 mark. Health minister Christine Elliott says 564
Quebec health authorities report 563 new COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 563 new COVID-19 cases in the province today, the highest daily count since May 21. Health Minister Christian Dubé issued a tweet saying residents need to get fully vaccinated in the coming days to be safe
Ontario logs 689 new cases of COVID-19 and one virus-related death
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 689 new cases of COVID-19 today, up slightly from the 650 recorded the day before. The province is also reporting one new death related to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 552 of the
Ontario NDP want former Tory who refused vaccination replaced as deputy speaker
TORONTO — The Ontario New Democrats want a former Tory legislator who was booted from caucus for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine to be replaced as deputy speaker at Queen's Park. Opposition house leader Peggy Sattler wrote to her government
Ontario legislator out of PC caucus for refusing to take COVID-19 shot
TORONTO — An Ontario legislator who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was removed from the governing Progressive Conservative caucus on Thursday. Premier Doug Ford defended the party's decision to oust Rick Nicholls, saying elected officials m...
Doug Ford’s Tories apologize for fundraising letter resembling invoice
TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are apologizing for sending a letter to supporters that asked for donations on a form that resembled an invoice. The party says in a statement this morning that the correspondence was sent to a "limited gr...
‘Waiting to see what their actual true colors are:’ Worries for women in Afghanistan
Canadians observing the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan say they're skeptical of the group's claims that women's rights will be respected under Islamic law. Recalling the period of Taliban rule in the 1990's, they worry the regime change will ...