Today the provincial government announced that it is imposing a Provincewide Shutdown to fight the second wave of COVID-19 as cases surge. During the Shutdown, Ontario’s COVID-19 Response Framework will be paused. This news comes as Ontario reports new case numbers...
Effective Monday, November 23, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., Toronto and Peel regions will be moving into the lockdown (grey) level of the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. The lockdown is to stay in effect for a minimum of 28 days. Ontario is reporting 1,418 new...
In his first budget as Ontario’s Finance Minister, the Hon. Rod Phillips introduced today the 2020-21 budget and three-year fiscal blueprint, entitled Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover. With the March 2020 budget postponed at the onset of the pandemic...
Ontario announced 939 new positive COVID-19 cases today, its highest daily case count to date. This comes as the province conducted over 44,900 tests and as they continue to ramp up testing across Ontario, in the face of a significant backlog and limited contact...
Introduction of Reduced Social Gathering Limits for Hotspot Regions Today, the Ontario government announced it is reducing social gathering limits in Toronto, Peel, and Ottawa to combat the recent spike in cases in these regions. Effective tomorrow, September 18, 2020...