Ontario Premier Doug Ford has given the green light for seven more regions in the province would move into stage two of Ontario’s reopening plan this Friday. All regions except Toronto, Peel and Windsor-Essex would then have launched into a post-lockdown world.
As of 11 a.m. Monday, Ontario health units had reported a total of 34,034 confirmed and probable cases, including 2,571 deaths — up a total of just 169 new cases since the same time Sunday morning.
Normally, Ron Keefe would be wandering the sunny patio at Granite Brewery, greeting customers as they sipped one of his daughter Mary Beth’s house-brewed ales.
Osprey may have given up on a nesting site on a Dundas cell tower by the time Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources determined Bell Canada did not violate the Fish and Wildlife Act by removing a previous nest there in May.Dundas bird watcher Do
Watch the live news conference as Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott provide an update on their government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
Wearing a mask is the most effective way to prevent transmission of the coronavirus in public settings, and together with other measures such as social distancing and contact tracing “represents the most likely fighting opportunity to stop the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to a new study by a team of U.S. researchers.
The Ontario government is easing restrictions on wedding and funeral ceremonies across the province as part of the phased reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WATERLOO REGION—Throughout the region people are meeting at restaurants for the first time in months, and raising a glass to toast the arrival of Stage 2.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
The Ancaster Farmers’ Market will have a new look, and a new location for its 11th year.The market will transition to an online format starting June 17 with customers ordering their goods. They can pick up their packages on June 24th at the Ancas
Editor’s note: Some have termed COVID-19 “the great equalizer” because it can indiscriminately infect anyone. But the impact it has on people and families is far from equal. The Star’s Viral Inequality series looks at how people from various walks of life have seen their lives change, and, in some cases, how they’ve slipped through the safety net of government support.
MONTREAL—With cameras in tow, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was out touting one of his government’s pandemic relief programs in an Ottawa-area business on Thursday.