The government is reportedly considering having the measures in place from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. It would mean that most residents could not leave their properties during that time.
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Ontario sets new single-day record for COVID-19 cases with nearly 4,000; 61 dead
Meanwhile, Toronto Mayor John Tory urged the Ford government to “get on with it,” when it came to enacting new public health measures.
Ontario police chief in Florida on “personal property-related business matters”
Chief Stephen Tanner of Halton Regional Police Service travelled out of the locked-down province of Ontario to Florida, allegedly to take care of personal business.
Ontarians favour stronger COVID measures, but not ones that limit movement: poll
With Ontario premier Doug Ford warning of “extreme” new measures to try and curb the spike in COVID-19 cases, a new public opinion poll finds a majority of Ontarians would be in favour of strengthening a number of current lockdown measures at least for the next 30 days.
‘Lockdown light’ failed in Canada’s hardest-hit regions. Here’s what experts say should happen now
There’s no getting around it — lockdown measures don’t seem to be working in Ontario and Quebec the second time around.
Health experts say Canada’s hardest-hit provinces have consistently failed to contain the spread of COVID-19 with inadequate, poorly timed restrictions, leaving little choice but for much more draconian rules to be introduced.
But where exactly did we go wrong? And where do we go from here?
Ontario premier warns ‘more extreme measures’ will be needed to curb rapid spread of COVID-19
Premier Doug Ford delivered a grim warning Friday as COVID-19 cases in Ontario surge to unprecedented levels.
He said that if basic public health measures “continue to be ignored” in the province, the consequences “will be dire.”
“The shutdown won’t end at the end of January, and we will have to look at more extreme measures,” he said.
NDP call for immediate return of Ontario legislature to address deadly outbreaks at long-term care homes
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath made the request formally in a news release sent on Monday, asking members of provincial parliament to return to Queen’s Park despite the two-month winter break that started in early December.
One third of Ontario’s long-term care homes experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks
According to provincial data, 207 of the 626 long-term care homes in Ontario are currently experiencing outbreaks of the virus, including 19 new ones reported Sunday.
The CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, which represents nearly 70 per cent of homes in the province, says the rising number of outbreaks is pushing the system to its limits.
Ford and Kenney shed their populist skins to reveal their inner elitist
Federally, the Conservatives regularly rail against Justin Trudeau’s entitlement, slamming the perception that he believes the rules apply to everyone else, but not to him.
And yet, we are watching and seeing that Conservative politicians are turning out to be a bunch of entitled hypocrites, who demonstrate the same behaviour they attack in others.
Ontario confirms Canada’s 1st known cases of UK coronavirus variant
The province’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe made the announcement in a news release Saturday.
Officials said the cases involve a couple from Durham Region with no known travel history, exposure, or high-risk contacts. Both are now in self-isolation.
KNIGHT: Residents of Ontario should tell the government to go pound sand
Do the various governments still maintain the consent of the governed?
It’s an interesting question given the Ontario government recently plunged the province back into another lockdown.
Ontario Ministry of Health still has NO ANSWERS to tough COVID questions
With laws and health regulations changing continually, the only constant seems to be deflection by the very sources who are supposed to know and uphold the regulations.
Top Ontario doctors say “I just read whatever they write down for me”
Ontario’s two top doctors were caught discussing their announcements on a hot mic just prior to hosting a press conference on December 14.
“I don’t know why I bring all these papers, I never look at them” Ontario Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe says, referring to the stack of notes she brought along with her. “I just say whatever they write down for me,” Yaffe says with a chuckle.
“That’s funny. Yeah same,” replies Ontario’s top doctor and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams.