Above, Premier Ford and his team make the April 7 announcement abruptly ramping up shutdown measures in Ontario. ONTARIO — Having pulled the shutdown ’emergency brake’ just one week ago, Premier Doug Ford’s governing Progressive…
Province-wide lockdown takes effect Dec. 26 EASTERN ONTARIO — Premier Doug Ford conceded yesterday a key reason for slapping lockdown measures on Ottawa and broader Eastern Ontario, despite a better COVID-19 situation here, is the…
Op/Ed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our health-care system in unprecedented ways. The challenges we now face are critical: a backlog of surgeries, growing hallway health care, the need to…
TORONTO — Not prepared to play the role of “bad guy” in this case, Premier Doug Ford today said it was up to Eastern Ontario’s medical officer of health to impose tweaked new restrictions on…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Local school boards and parents are gearing up to see their schools physically reopen for the first time in months as elementary students return to classrooms full time in September. The two…
Above, Premier Doug Ford, Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton and Health Minister Christine Elliott announce the launch of the Independent Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission ONTARIO — The COVID-19 outbreak disaster at the long-term care homes in…
EASTERN ONTARIO — More workplaces and amenities — hair salons, barbershops and restaurant patios among them — are able to reopen 12:01 a.m. Friday in a slew of Ontario regions, including those covered by the…
TORONTO — Ontario students won’t return to their classrooms this spring, as the province has put off reopening schools until the 2020-2021 school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Education…
ONTARIO — Imposed as a “matter of life and death,” the list of essential businesses allowed to remain open shrinks to 44 from the previous 70-plus, including a mandated shift to curb-side and delivery sales…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Echoing similar advice dispensed days ago at the local level, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer is “strongly urging those over the age of 70” — as well as individuals with compromised immune systems…
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford announced Saturday that the cap on “non-essential” gatherings of people has been dropped to just five. The precipitous decrease from the previous mark of 50 people took effect Sunday, as…
TORONTO — While the list of exemptions is quite extensive, the Ontario government’s mandatory closure of non-essential workplaces is now in effect for its first full day. Premier Doug Ford gave advance notice of the…
CORNWALL — The provincial government moved to chop electricity rates yesterday as the population copes with the COVID-19 crisis. Premier Doug Ford announced the latest extraordinary measure yesterday as authorities try to quell the spread…
TORONTO — Ontario students won’t be returning to school on April 6th, Premier Doug Ford said today, describing that timeline now as “unrealistic” as the COVID-19 crisis continues to deepen. Elementary and secondary pupils have…
ONTARIO — The governing Progressive Conservatives are set to flush the former Liberal government’s controversial refresh of the provincial logo, CBC reported late this week. Citing unnamed government sources , the national broadcaster says the…