Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
U.S. border agency says COVID vax not essential; Canadians could be denied entry
TORONTO — The U.S. border agency says it does not consider COVID-19 vaccinations essential for entry purposes. As a result, Customs and Border Protection says travellers from Canada seeking a vaccine could be kept out. The Canadian government has said ...
U.S. border agency says COVID vax not essential; Canadians could be denied entry
TORONTO — Canadians attempting to drive across the American border solely for a COVID-19 vaccination, even with a doctor's referral, would be denied entry, the U.S. border agency said on Wednesday. Unlike the Canadian government, Customs and Border Pro...
Ontario says hospitals can resume non-urgent surgeries as COVID-19 cases drop
TORONTO — Ontario hospitals were given the green light Wednesday to gradually resume non-urgent surgeries as COVID-19 infections decline across the province. The chief medical officer of health said he was rescinding an emergency order issued April 20...
Canadians can drive to U.S. for COVID-19 vax and avoid quarantine, Ottawa confirms
TORONTO — Canadian residents are allowed to head to the United States for a COVID-19 vaccine and avoid quarantine on return if they meet some straightforward conditions, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirms. Those conditions include having a not...
75 per cent of adults in Quebec vaccinated or booked to get vaccine, premier says
MONTREAL — Seventy-five per cent of Quebec adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine or are booked to get one, Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday, a few hours before he is scheduled to release the government's reopening plan."We are finally approachin...
Quebec presents sweeping COVID-19 reopening plan that includes lifting curfew May 28
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault presented his government's COVID-19 reopening plan Tuesday, which begins with lifting the curfew on May 28 and ends with the possible removal of the mask mandate in late August. "Today we see that there is
Quebec reports fewest new COVID-19 cases since September as it prepares to reopen
MONTREAL — Quebec reported 551 new COVID-19 cases Monday, the lowest daily number since September and one day before the government is scheduled to announce its reopening plan. Only Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have...
75 people fined $135,000 at illegal gathering in Quebec’s Lanaudière region
Seventy-five people are facing fines after an illegal gathering that violated COVID-19 rules in Quebec's Lanaudière region, provincial police said Sunday. A police spokeswoman says it was firefighters who called the authorities at about midnight Friday...
Ontario makes weekend push toward hitting its vaccination targets
TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine effort shifted into high gear on the weekend, administering its seven millionth dose as it prepared to accelerate immunization efforts even further in the coming week. Premier Doug Ford, meanwhile, offered hope that...
Families want visitor rules relaxed in highly vaccinated Ontario long-term care homes
TORONTO — Esther Hladkowicz longs to have a proper visit with her father. Waving to him through a window at his Ottawa long-term care home is the closest she's got to him since September and she says the routine has become
