Quebec is banning non-essential travel into the western part of its province as of noon Wednesday, including visitors from Ontario. Police in Quebec will enforce the travel restrictions with targeted checkpoints, the government said in a statement, though it did not specify in what the penalties could be. On a normal day, the five bridges between Ottawa and Gatineau take almost 150,000 vehicles and 9,000 pedestrians and cyclists over the Ottawa River. Similar rules are also not in place for people crossing from western Quebec into eastern Ontario, though last week, the mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau asked people not to cross the Ottawa River unless it was necessary. Ottawa police are strongly suggesting people avoid non-essential travel into the city, but aren't stopping anyone.

Source: CBC News April 01, 2020 13:18 UTC