HALIFAX Nova Scotia drivers will face higher prices at the pump on Friday after the province s energy regulator approves a price increase to make up for a drop in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The temporary markup comes on top of a permanent increase in the retail margin on gas prices approved earlier this year, as well as federal subsidies some gas stations have received due to a revenue shortfall. Motorists can expect to see a small increase in the price at the pump this Friday, said Paul Allen, executive director of the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board.
Quebec restores 8 p.m. curfew in Montreal, extends lockdown order in Quebec City
MONTREAL Quebec will bring back an 8 p.m. curfew in the Montreal area and extend a lockdown order in three cities and one region as it tightened COVID-19 restrictions Thursday for the second time in three days.
Apr 8, 2021 6:54 PM By: Canadian Press
MONTREAL Quebec will bring back an 8 p.m. curfew in the Montreal area and extend a lockdown order in three cities and one region as it tightened COVID-19 restrictions Thursday for the second time in three days.
Beginning Sunday, people in Montreal and its northern suburb of Laval will have to remain at home from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. or face fines of more than $1,000, Premier Francois Legault said in Montreal. The curfew in that region currently starts at 9:30 p.m.