Thursday, Lag Ba’Omer, was a historic day for the Jewish community of the town of Georgina in Ontario, Canada, where Rabbi and Mrs. Yossi Vorovitch serve as the Rebbe’s Shluchim and direct the local Chabad Center. Many local Jews, as well as guests from out of town, came together to celebrate the milestone of completing and welcoming their first Torah scroll • Photos

Quebec Premier Francois Legault has announced adult residents who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be charged a fine if they do not have a medical exemption – the financial penalty amount hasn’t been decided but will be “significant” Legault said Tuesday • Full Story

Quebec’s premier announced Wednesday that he is imposing a province-wide 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday as a way to curb surging coronavirus infections and hospitalizations • Full Story

As of tomorrow, December 1, anyone taking Canada’s federally-regulated modes of transportation has to prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to board. Canada announced this measure last month and introduced it on October 30. At that time, a grace period was provided allowing travellers to present proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test instead of proof of vaccination, but this has now ended • Full Story

In early April, a mother was walking her toddler to her daycare in Victoria’s Jewish community centre when she spotted fresh graffiti scrawled on the building’s sign. As the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors who fled a Nazi concentration camp in Poland, the antisemitic messages “kill Jews” and “gas Jews” struck her hard • Full Story, Photos