Category: Ontario

New Lockdown Measures Begin in Ontario as Some Provinces Move Boxing Day Online

Ontario began a provincewide lockdown today as several provinces are opting for online or scaled−down Boxing Day shopping to limit the spread of COVID−19. The province has reported more than 2,000 cases 12 days in a row, including 2,142 new COVID−19 cases today and 2,159 cases from Christmas Day. Under the new rules, restaurants in…


Long-Term Care Home With COVID-19 Outbreak to Be Temporarily Managed by Toronto Hospital

A long-term care home in Scarborough will be temporarily managed by a Toronto hospital after Ontario’s official opposition called on the Ford government to “step in immediately” to help them overcome the COVID-19 outbreak at the home. Tendercare Living Centre, a long-term care home, is working with North York General Hospital (NYGH) on a voluntary…


Ottawa Mayor: Simply No Facts to Support 28-day Lockdown

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said “there are simply no facts to support a lockdown in the city of Ottawa” for 28 days, a decision announced by Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday. In a statement Monday, Watson said Ford’s decision has “completely blindsided Ottawa residents and small businesses, who have been diligently following the rules for…


Ottawa Says Border Controls Are Sufficient Despite Complaints From Ontario

MONTREAL—Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government is doing enough at the border to protect Canadians from COVID-19. Blair told reporters today Canada’s border controls are some of the strictest in the world and that more than 98 percent of COVID-19 cases in the country are the result of community transmission—not international travel….


Ontario to Implement Province-Wide Lockdown Starting Boxing Day, Premier Says

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says all regions in the province will enter into full lockdown effective Boxing Day, including the closure of schools. Ford made the announcement Monday at Queens Park. He was also joined by health minister Christine Elliott, education minister Stephen Lecce, and chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams. Southern Ontario…


Nunavut Reports First COVID-19 Deaths, Ontario to Announce New Lockdown Measures

The CCP virus has claimed the lives of two Nunavummiut, the first COVID-19-related deaths in the territory. Meanwhile, Ontario is preparing to announce new restriction measures. “Today we are saddened to inform Nunavummiut of Nunavut’s first COVID-19-releated deaths,” officials wrote in a joint statement on Dec. 20. “On behalf of the Government of Nunavut, we…