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• Ontario Takes Additional Measures to Protect First Responders During the COVID-19 Outbreak

  April 6, 2020 2:07 P.M.

  TORONTO — Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, issued the following statement regarding new emergency measures to protect O...

  Statement | Solicitor General

• Public Required to Identify Themselves if Charged with Breaching an Emergency Order During the COVID-19 Outbreak

  March 31, 2020 9:00 P.M.

  TORONTO — People who are being charged with an offence under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) will be required to identify themselves if asked by a provincial offe...

  News release | Solicitor General

• Office of the Chief Coroner Announces Postponement of Inquests

  March 26, 2020 2:00 P.M.

  Dr. David Cameron, Regional Supervising Coroner for Inquests, announced today that the following inquests will be postponed in alignment with Ontario's strategy to limit the spread of COVID-19. Not...

  Media advisory | Solicitor General

• Ontario Stepping Up Measures to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 in Correctional System

  March 20, 2020 1:45 P.M.

  TORONTO — Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, issued the following statement regarding regulatory changes to temporary absenc...

  Statement | Solicitor General

• Inquest into the Death of Jean Hervé Veillette Announced

  March 18, 2020 2:00 P.M.

  Dr. Louise McNaughton-Filion, Regional Supervising Coroner for East Region, Ottawa Office, announced today that an inquest will be held into the death of Jean Hervé Veillette.

  News release | Solicitor General

• Statement from Minister Elliott and Solicitor General Jones regarding Ontario's adult correctional facilities in response to COVID-19

  March 13, 2020 10:56 P.M.

  TORONTO — Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, issued the following statement regarding operational changes to Ontario's adult...

  News release | Solicitor General

• New Probation and Parole Officers will Help Keep Ontario Communities Safe

  March 13, 2020 1:00 P.M.

  HAMILTON — Ontario is strengthening its correctional system and protecting communities with the addition of nine new probation and parole officers who graduated today from Ontario's Correctio...

  News release | Solicitor General

• Inquest Date into the Deaths of Fayzullo Fazilov, Alexsandrs Bondarevs, Vladimir Korostin and Aleksey Blumberg Announced

  March 11, 2020 2:00 P.M.

  Dr. David Cameron, Regional Supervising Coroner for Inquests, announced today that a date has been scheduled for the inquest into the deaths of Fayzullo Fazilov, Alexsandrs Bondarevs, Vladimi...

  Media advisory | Solicitor General

• Ontario Improving OPP Workplace Culture

  March 9, 2020 10:33 A.M.

  ORILLIA — Today, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner Thomas Carrique, announced how Ontario is improving the workplace culture of the OPP to...

  News release | Solicitor General

• Solicitor General and OPP Commissioner to Make an Announcement

  March 6, 2020 3:00 P.M.

  Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, and Thomas Carrique, OPP Commissioner, will make an announcement.

  Media advisory | Solicitor General