Western Quebec
High schools, gyms, theatres, personal care services and non-essential businesses are closed in Gatineau, the Pontiac and Collines-de-l Outaouais until Monday.
Private gatherings are banned in those areas, except for a person who lives alone seeing one other household. Distanced outdoor exercise is allowed in groups up to eight people.
The curfew is from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Vallée-de-la-Gatineau and Papineau are red zones with looser restrictions, meaning a 9:30 p.m. curfew and allowing secondary schools and non-essential businesses to reopen.
The rest of the region joins it next week.
The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., will reopen on June 2. Visitors will need to buy a time-stamped ticket in advance and the Canadian Children’s Museum remains closed.(Jonathan Dupaul/Radio-Canada)
Western Quebec
Premier François Legault has said the situation is critical in Gatineau and is asking people there to only leave home when it s essential.
High schools, gyms, theatres, personal care services and non-essential businesses are closed in Gatineau, the Pontiac and Collines-de-l Outaouais until Monday.
Private gatherings are banned in those areas, except for a person who lives alone seeing one other household. Distanced outdoor exercise is allowed in groups up to eight people. The curfew is from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
A person stands along the shore of the Ottawa River in Britannia Park on a sunny spring day on May 12.(Francis Ferland/CBC)