Two Ontario men face charges after alleged immigration fraud at Lambton College
Ontario’s emergency order extended to six weeks; outdoor gatherings, sports facilities closed
April 16, 2021
Police will be able to stop people and ask why their not at home
Ontario extends its emergency Stay at Home order an extra two weeks.
Premier Doug Ford is making the announcement now. “We’re loosing the battle between variants and vaccines,” he says. “The pace of vaccine supply has not kept up with the spread of the variants; we are on our heals.”
Some of the new restrictions include
- Outdoor gatherings will be limited to your family only.
- Churches may have only 10 people in the building.
- The province is restricting outdoor sports and recreation facilities including playgrounds, basketball courts and golf courses.
- Big box retailers will only be allowed to have 25 per cent of the stores capacity at one time.
- Non essential construction is going to be stopped including shopping malls, hotels; home building, hospitals to continue
- Travel to Manitoba and Quebec will be limited to essential travel only.
- Ministry of Labour will be checking offices to make sure people who can work from home, do. Doing checks of law, accounting offices
Solicitor General Sylvia Jones says police officers will be given temporary authority to stop you and ask you what your home address is and what you are doing.
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Heather Wright/The Independent EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was edited July 10 to include comments from the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Two men are facing immigration and criminal charges after Lambton College tipped authorities off about a student immigration scam. College officials called the Canada Border Services Agency in February 2025, about students who had dealt with immigration consultants.
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