COVID-19 Ontario restrictions

• Ontario enters provincial COVID-19 reopening plan: Here’s what is allowed in Step 1

  "We've been closed long enough. We don't want to stay closed any longer than we had to," the co-owner of a downtown Toronto restaurant told Global News just ahead of the reopening.

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  Jun 11
• Ontario set to enter provincewide COVID-19 reopening plan on June 11

  Here's what you can and can't do under the first phase of Ontario's reopening plan.

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  Jun 7
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• Ontario eases long-term care COVID-19 rules by allowing ‘brief hugs’ despite vaccine status

  As of June 9, regardless of anyone's COVID-19 immunization status, a new directive said brief hugs can occur safely. Only those fully vaccinated can engage in handholding.

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  Jun 3
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• Doug Ford says Ontario could enter COVID-19 reopening plan before June 14, but only if doctors sign off

  "As we see the numbers come down, and they're dropping rapidly, we put forward to Dr. Williams and the medical team that option of opening up earlier based on a cautious approach."

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  Jun 2
• Ontario’s 3-step COVID-19 reopening plan threatens future of movie theatres, drive-ins

  "Our revenue is down 96 per cent, so we don't have the option of curbside pickup as you can imagine. We don't have the ability to produce any kind of revenue when we're shut."

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  Jun 1
• Ontario step closer to reopening plan as COVID-19 stay-at-home order set to end

  The Ontario government's stay-at-home order ends on June 2. Here's what will and won't change until the provincial reopening plan begins, which could happen in mid-June.

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  Jun 1
• What you can do and when under Ontario’s new 3-phase COVID-19 reopening plan

  Here are the new guidelines that will dictate what can reopen in Ontario and what vaccine milestones will need to be met to trigger each of the three phases.

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  May 20
• Ontario government set to unveil gradual COVID-19 reopening plan for province

  Premier Doug Ford and members of his cabinet scheduled a news conference at Queen’s Park for 3 p.m. on Thursday to unveil the plan.

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  May 19
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• Ontario businesses bristle at potential COVID-19 stay-at-home order extension

  "I am really worried we're at the breaking point," Dan Kelly, the president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, told Global News.

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  May 11
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• Group of active, retired police officers file constitutional challenge over Ontario’s COVID-19 rules

  The civil action targets Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Ontario's attorney general, five police chiefs as well as federal officials.

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  May 4