COVID-19 restrictions came into effect, calling for non-essential traffic to be stopped at the province’s borders with Quebec and Manitoba, the Ottawa Police Service has announced it is stopping its 24-hour checkpoints.According to a statement issued by the service Tuesday evening, the around-the-clock border checkpoints were set to end as of 8 p.m.
on Tuesday in favour of rotating checkpoints across the city throughout the day until Ontario’s temporary regulations end.“Since the onset of the border operations, the OPS has been working closely with Ottawa Public Health (OPH) along with local stakeholders and interprovincial stakeholders (the City of Ottawa, the City of Gatineau, the Ontario Provincial Police etc.) to assess any local public.