Tag: Quebec
Bar reopenings going ahead in Ontario as Quebec links cases to...
OTTAWA — Canada's deputy public health chief says going inside a bar to have a drink with friends remains a high-risk activity in the...
Mandatory mask policies raise accessibility concerns for vulnerable populations
TORONTO — Experts and advocates say mandatory mask policies will only work if they're backed up by efforts to provide access and education to vulnerable...
COVID-19 shows need for long-term-care reform but solve crisis first, Trudeau...
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expects to have a comprehensive conversation with Canada's premiers about immediate and long-term reforms of the country's elder care...
Provinces set to ease restrictions Monday as death toll increases
OTTAWA — Provinces across the country are set to begin easing COVID-19 restrictions on Monday following a weekend in which thousands more cases of...
Quebec COVID-19 reopening plan ready next week, to include strict health...
MONTREAL — Quebec will present its plan to reopen the province next week, but Premier Francois Legault says older, at-risk people will still need...
Trudeau calls first ministers meeting on COVID-19, promises better data soon
OTTAWA — Federal projections of the toll COVID-19 could take in Canada are not yet ready for public consumption but will be coming soon, Prime...
Almost a quarter of Quebec seniors’ homes have at least one...
MONTREAL — Nearly a quarter of Quebec’s seniors residences have at least one case of COVID-19, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday.
Legault said 519 of the...
Two inmates, nine employees at Quebec prison test positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA — Two inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at a maximum-security prison in Quebec, the first confirmed cases involving prisoners in a federal institution.
The...
Drastic measures to fight COVID-19 continue as case count approaches 1,000
OTTAWA — Canada continued to ramp up its fight against COVID-19 on Friday, enlisting the help of the corporate world and taking further measures to...
‘Social distancing’ ramps up as COVID-19 spreads and economic toll mounts
TORONTO — Keeping distance from others as a way to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 ramped up across Canada on Thursday as Prime...
