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Try refreshing your browser, or Today's letters: Doug Ford apologizes, vaccine rollout perplexes Back to video Doug Ford said he is sorry. Doug Ford says he apologizes. Doug Ford says “the buck stops here,” all the while taking responsibility for mistakes made by his government during the COVID-19 third wave. Bravo, gutsy, honest, humble Mr. Ford. Where are the apologies from Justin Trudeau, François Legault, Jason Kenney et al? Have they made no mistakes? I am waiting. Jacques Dufault, Ottawa Politics is no place for cry-babies I, for one Ontarian, was embarrassed by Premier Doug Ford...

  MONTREAL -- Motorists in and around Montreal should take note that roadwork is scheduled on several major highways and bridges. Highway 15 North between the Champlain Bridge and Turcot Interchange, the Mercier Bridge and Bonaventure Highway are worth avoiding in addition to the following areas. HONORE-MERCIER BRIDGE From Friday at 10 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m., the following closure will be in effect: The Kahnawake-bound side of the bridge (R-138 West). One lane will be open in each direction on the Montreal-bound side. As a result, the following is a default closure: The Arlie St....

Article content On Monday, the federal budget allocated resources and attention to not only a possible new transit loop between Ottawa and Gatineau, but also a new interprovincial crossing. But as the finance minister was delivering the news, dozens of motorists were lined up on the existing bridges, in queues stretching several kilometres, waiting for official permission to cross from one part of our community into another. Is that irony or coincidence? Either way, it was ridiculous. And it underscored that while Ottawa is only a four-hour drive from Queen’s Park, it sometimes seems as far...

The change in tactics came after a review of their effectiveness by Ottawa and Gatineau, Ottawa Public Health and other police services.

  OTTAWA -- Ontario-bound motorists, cyclists and pedestrians are being greeted by police checkpoints at all interprovincial crossings into Ottawa, as Ontario implements new restrictions to stop non-essential travel into the province during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officers started screening travellers at all Ottawa-area interprovincial border crossings from Gatineau on Monday at 12:01 a.m. Motorists were reporting traffic backups on the bridges between Gatineau and Ottawa, as well as other Ontario-Quebec border crossings. The Ontario government announced the new travel restrictions into...