Ontario government

• Indoor events, communal dining with precautions now allowed under new Ontario COVID-19 LTC directive

  "Additionally, residents and their caregivers who are fully immunized may choose to have close physical contact beyond what is required for care and supervision, such as hugging."

  Health

  May 4
• 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.

  Health

  May 4
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• Scarborough’s Randell Adjei, Ontario’s first poet laureate, looks to spread message of ‘hope and joy’

  "What it looks like for now is galvanizing poets across Ontario and just highlighting and profiling poets and artists across the province," Adjei said when asked about the post.

  Canada

  Apr 29
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• Ontario COVID-19 modelling shows high-level cresting of cases, but ICUs and workplaces major issues

  "There's clear reason for hope, but this hope requires a commitment, dead-set determination to see the job through."

  Health

  Apr 29
• Ontario’s COVID-19 paid sick leave program to include 3 days for workers

  The Ontario COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Program will see employers reimbursed 100 per cent of an employee's wage for up to $200 a day.

  Health

  Apr 28
• Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board to petition reported Ontario permanent remote learning plan

  Trustees with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board say permanent online learning could lead to course cancellations or decreased programming choices for students.

  Education

  Apr 28
• Ontario’s LTC sector not ‘sufficiently positioned, prepared’ to respond to COVID-19 in effective way: AG

  Bonnie Lysyk said for several years “the public sector had not yet effectively addressed the systemic weaknesses in the delivery of long-term care in Ontario."

  Health

  Apr 28
• COVID-19: Ontario proposes federal benefit top-up as plan on sick day program still not announced

  The proposed top-up comes days after Premier Doug Ford promised "one of the best" paid sick day programs in North America, but details on that potential plan still aren't known.

  Health

  Apr 27
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• Ontario government introducing harsher penalties for speeding, stunt driving

  The government introduced legislation Monday afternoon that would, among other things, increase vehicle impoundment times and lengthen licence suspensions.

  Canada

  Apr 26
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• COVID-19: Military, Red Cross being sent to Ontario’s hospitals after provincial request for help

  The federal government announced on-the-ground assessments by the Canadian Armed Forces are underway in order to determine the exact number of personnel needed.

  Health

  Apr 26