Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Montreal library closes after hacking attack on daycare registration website
MONTREAL — A large library in Montreal will be closed until Tuesday morning in the wake of a hacking attack on Quebec's public daycare registration website. Quebec's Treasury Board Secretariat issued a recommendation on Friday evening urging all govern...
Quebec reports 760 new cases of COVID-19, eight virus-related deaths
TORONTO — Quebec is reporting 760 additional cases of COVID-19 today and eight new deaths linked to the virus, including two within the past 24 hours. The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations declined by 21 to 509, while the
Quebec reports 760 new cases of COVID-19, eight virus-related deaths
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 760 additional cases of COVID-19 today and eight new deaths linked to the virus, including two within the past 24 hours.The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations declined by 21 to 509, while the
Ontario reports 2,584 new COVID-19 cases, 24 more related deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 2,584 new COVID-19 cases today.The province says 24 more people have died from the virus. The data is based on 42,320 tests administered over the past 24 hours. There were 1,546 COVID-19 patients in Ontario
If COVID vaccines ‘essential,’ Canadians could get shots in U.S. and no quarantine
TORONTO — Canadian residents should be able to head to the United States for COVID-19 vaccinations and be exempt from mandatory quarantine on return if health authorities here deem the shots medically necessary, a hospital CEO said on Friday. Although ...
Toronto cancels major in-person events through Labour Day, including CNE
Toronto has cancelled major in-person events through to Labour Day in an effort to protect against the spread of COVID-19, a move the Canadian National Exhibition says could put its future in jeopardy. The CNE took a financial hit of
Ontario’s full vaccination target may be hard to reach: experts
TORONTO — Medical experts say Ontario will have to significantly scale up its vaccination effort to achieve its goal of fully inoculating all willing adults against COVID-19 by the end of the summer. They say the province will need far more
Ottawa and Ontario to spend $3.4 billion to build Hamilton light-rail transit
TORONTO — Ottawa and Ontario say they will spend $3.4 billion to build a light-rail transit line in Hamilton. The federal and provincial governments announced they will each contribute $1.7 billion to the 14-kilometre line to advance the "shovel-ready"...
Audit flags issues with tracking Ontario pandemic pay program, other COVID costs
TORONTO — The Ontario government failed to properly track billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds, including for high-profile programs like pay increases for front-line workers, an audit of pandemic-related health spending has found. The report, t...
Ontario to spend $340,000 to tackle anti-Asian hate in schools
TORONTO — The Ontario government is putting up $340,000 to help tackle anti-Asian racism in classrooms. The province says the pandemic has sparked a surge in discrimination and hate crimes against people of Asian descent in Canada. It says the money wi...