Travel checkpoints are set to return Monday between Ottawa and Gatineau, Que., part of a slate of new COVID-19 restrictions announced by the Ontario government on Friday. Exceptions will be in place for people going to work, seeking medical care, transporting goods and exercising Indigenous treaty rights. The restriction hearkens back to last spring when the Quebec government implemented checkpoints on bridge and ferry crossings across the Ottawa River, during the pandemic's first wave. Sloly said his understanding was that the checkpoints would be operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for several weeks. Ottawa mayor hoping for ‘discretion’ in checkpoint enforcement CBC News Ottawa 2:05 Mayor Jim Watson says he hopes police will use discretion in compassionate cases for travel between Ottawa and Gatineau after the province announced new interprovincial checkpoints.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2021 21:11 UTC