Only those on their way to work, to a medical appointment or with "humanitarian reasons" would be allowed, Gatineau, Que., police said in a news release. The Ottawa end of the Alexandra Bridge over the Ottawa River in late March 2020. Fleury said many people are already avoiding non-essential travel on the advice of public health officials and questioned whether the controls would achieve their desired effect. "It's time to have to send strongly the message that non-essential travel should be avoided," he said in an interview on CBC Radio's All In A Day. 0:49The new restrictions are part of a broader provincial plan that started last weekend and banned all non-essential travel into eight regions of Quebec .

Source: CBC News April 02, 2020 14:38 UTC