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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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...
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.
Demand some CERB recipients repay scrapped by federal government
Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough said Tuesday that of the 441,000 people who received letters, many have now filed their taxes, their eligibility for CERB has been confirmed and they won’t have to repay.
B.C. health officer seeks injunction against churches violating ban on services
Dr. Bonnie Henry relied on evidence showing that transmission of the virus seems highest in settings of sustained interpersonal interaction indoors or in enclosed spaces, and loud talking, chanting and singing also increase spread, it says.
Philippine President Duterte won’t allow ABS-CBN to operate even if it gets new franchise
President Duterte said ABS-CBN should settle first their unpaid taxes.
Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta begin relaxing COVID-19 restrictions
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that his province’s state of emergency will not be extended, while authorities in Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia began lifting COVID-19 restrictions. Ford told reporters that while he’s concerned about new coronavirus variants, he was ready to “gradually and safely” return to the colour-coded system of regional restrictions that...
Ontario to begin reopening economy next week, Trudeau seeks to allay vaccine angst
“But I hear it from all Canadians right now: people are worried. People are tired of this pandemic. They want to know when this winter’s going to be over. They want to know when they can go back to everything they’ve done before. They want to know most when their grandparents are going to be safe when the vaccines are going to come."
PHILIPPINES: SUBWAY IS REAL. PROGRESS IS HERE.
The Philippines' Department of Transportation (DOTr) unveiled the gigantic engineering marvel Cutter Head of "KAUNLARAN," the first among the six Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will be used for the partial operability section of the Philippines’ FIRST EVER METRO MANILA SUBWAY.
Anti-poverty groups blast Canada for accepting vaccines needed in poor countries
“Canada should have made sure that we had a domestic supply that ensured we were vaccinated quickly so we could reopen the economy, get the economy moving together,” Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said.