restrictions

Ford announces new restrictions as COVID-19 cases threaten to remain high all summer

Ontario will step up enforcement powers for police and extend its stay-at-home order to a minimum of six weeks in a bid to stem the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases, but won’t institute paid sick days — despite modelling showing that cases will remain high through the summer without additional support for essential workers. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, along with…

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B.C. eases restrictions on outdoor gatherings as infection rates trend downward

Ontario is moving the Sarnia-Lambton region into lockdown on Monday after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases. The province is also adjusting capacity limits for weddings, funerals, and religious services, rites or ceremonies held in regions currently in the lockdown category.Lucilia Pato, 62, receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacist Barbara Violo at the Junction Chemist,…

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