Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Criticized Williams out as Ontario top medical health officer; Kieran Moore gets job
TORONTO — Ontario's chief medical officer of health is set to be replaced in the coming weeks, the province announced on Sunday, in a move that drew praise from critics of the outgoing top doctor's performance and style during the
Ontario to replace Dr. David Williams as chief medical officer: media reports
TORONTO — Media reports say Ontario is replacing its chief medical officer of health more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple anonymous sources told the Toronto Star that Dr. Kieran Moore will replace Dr. David Williams as the province's
Health Canada extends expiry for some Ontario AstraZeneca doses by one month
TORONTO — Ontario received permission from Health Canada to extend the expiry of some doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday, saving thousands of shots from potentially going to waste. A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott sa...
Indigenous women must lead fight against violence, Ontario report says
TORONTO — Indigenous women must be squarely at the forefront of efforts to combat the national tragedy of violence against them, a new Ontario government report asserts. The province's response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigeno...
Supreme Court ruling denies media outlet access to records from Quebec court case
OTTAWA — MediaQMI journalists are not allowed access to exhibits that were once part of a Quebec court file, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The 5-4 decision came Friday in a case that began five years ago when a
Quebec restaurant patios reopen as curfew lifts and backyard gatherings permitted
MONTREAL — For the first time since the end of September, Montrealers were able to eat at restaurants — though only outside — as Quebec took the first steps in its pandemic reopening plan Friday. In the city's trendy Plateau neighbourhood,
Ontario two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says
TORONTO — Ontario will not meet its goal of creating 15,000 new long-term care beds by 2024, the province's fiscal watchdog said in a new report released Wednesday. The Financial Accountability Office also said that the 30,000 new beds the province
Ontario reports first AZ blood clot death, issues with 2nd AstraZeneca dose bookings
TORONTO — Ontario reported its first death linked to a rare blood clot associated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Tuesday as many who received a first dose of the vaccine faced challenges trying to schedule second shots. The province administered ...
All of Quebec expected to leave highest COVID-19 alert level by June 7: Legault
MONTREAL — All Quebec regions are expected to be out of the province's highest pandemic-alert level by June 7, Premier François Legault said Tuesday, as the situation in the province continued to improve. Pandemic restrictions across eight Quebec regio...
Quebec reports 433 COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths as regional emergency measures lift
MONTREAL — Quebec has ended the last of the special emergency lockdown measures that were put in place in some regions of the province that were particularly hard-hit by COVID-19. The measures were in place in some municipalities in the Estrie,