Travellers are legally obligated to follow the instructions of a Screening Officer or Quarantine Officer through the 14-day period, whether in regards to testing, transit to locations, their mandatory hotel stopover or during quarantine at home or other suitable location.
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Advocates call for COVID-19 vaccination plan for migrant and undocumented workers
TORONTO — Migrant and undocumented workers must have access to the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Canada’s immunization effort, advocates said Wednesday, calling on all levels of government to ensure the workers are guaranteed the shots. The Migrant Rights Network, along with doctors and labour groups, voiced concerns that thousands of migrant and undocumented workers...
Police chiefs endorse new ‘Rescu’ platform used to find missing kids
TORONTO — A new alert system that police recently used to find two missing girls received endorsement from the country’s police chiefs on Thursday. The system, known as the Child Search Network, allows police to put out information on a missing child via a website and smart-phone app. Members of the public can then offer...
Quebec starts COVID-19 vaccination bookings for seniors; those in Ontario must wait
Quebecers 85 years and older were able to register for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Thursday, while seniors in Ontario will have to wait weeks to book in that province. The Quebec appointments are to begin next week in the Montreal region. Ontario’s vaccine distribution committee, blaming a lack of supply for the delay, has said seniors...
Free COVID-19 screening tool made available to organizations
Employees can use a free COVID online tool to perform daily self-screening and visitors are asked to screen before arriving at the premises.
List of priority populations for Phase 1 of Ontario’s vaccine distribution plan
The Ontario government has issued a memo to the province’s regional medical officers of health spelling out who’s next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The province offered new guidance to regional medical officers of health as supply of the COVID-19 vaccines starts to gradually increase. The province says all residents of long-term care...
Government of Canada announces further measures to support international students
"Our message to international students and graduates is simple: We don’t just want you to study here, we want you to stay here."
Judge questions court role in admin of health orders banning church gatherings
Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson says public health orders already prohibit such church gatherings and it’s within the power of provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and the government to escalate enforcement without a court order.
Mandatory tests and hotel quarantines set to come into effect: a look at how it works
All incoming travellers must provide proof of negative COVID-19 PCR tests (the kind typically taken with a deep nasal swab) done within 72 hours of boarding their aircraft.
Stricter border controls for travellers to begin Feb. 22
Forcing new arrivals into a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine — at their own expense — and requiring a COVID-19 test when they get here is meant to help ward off new and more transmissible variants of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.