Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce plans for Stage 3 of Ontario’s reopening today.The development comes as the spread of COVID-19 continues to slow.Most of Ontario entered Stage 2 of reopening on June 19, with Toronto following five days later.The remaining regions were all in Stage 2 as of July 7, which included reopening patios and hair salons.

Ontario to reveal plans Monday to enter Stage 3 of reopening: sources According to a document released in late April, Stage 3 includes allowing remaining workplaces to reopen “safely,” and further relaxing restrictions on public gatherings.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The document notes that large public gatherings such as concerts and sporting.

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Coronavirus: Feds mum on launch date for contact-tracing app after Ontario pilot delayed

coronavirus cases, nearly three weeks after the date the app was supposed to pilot in Ontario.The voluntary contact-tracing app had been set to launch in that province on July 2 — with a national rollout to follow — but the event was delayed with little explanation. In a news conference with reporters on Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he understood that the app — called COVID Alert — might come out on Friday.

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Cambridge MPP booted from PC caucus after voting against pandemic emergency powers bill

Doug Ford has removed a Cambridge, Ont., legislator from the Progressive Conservative caucus for voting against a controversial government bill.Ford issued a statement today saying Belinda Karahalios will no longer sit as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus.Karahalios voted against a government bill that grants it powers to extend or amend some emergency orders a month at a time, for up to two years.

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Coronavirus: Ford pleads with young people to follow health guidelines as uptick in cases rise

Ontario Premier Doug Ford addressed young adults during a COVID-19 update on Tuesday, pleading them to hold off from large parties and social gatherings as cases in young people under the age of 39 rise. He told young adults, “you’re hurting people” by not following public health guidelines amid the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Toronto, Peel, Windsor-Essex to stay in stage 2 of reopening

Premier Doug Ford said the Toronto, Peel and the Windsor-Essex areas will need to wait a little longer to move to stage three of reopening as he announced seven more public health until will get the green light for stage three on Friday.

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Coronavirus: Ontario officials plead with young people to follow public health guidelines

coronavirus at social gatherings.“You may feel you’re invincible and you’ll get through it,” Premier Doug Ford said.“It’s not just about yourself getting through it. Yes, you’re healthy, you’re young.

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Coronavirus: Toronto, Windsor-Essex and Peel held back as rest of Ontario enters Stage 3 reopening

Ontario Premier Doug Ford outlined Monday the remaining regions of Ontario that would move on to Stage 3 of reopening on Friday, July 23, as the province attempts to recover from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Provincial government working with Ontario trucking association to keep drivers safe, Ford says

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that the provincial government is working with the Ontario Trucking Association to protect truckers crossing the border amid the COVID-19 pandemic, whether its providing personal protective equipment (PPE) or ensuring proper health protocols are in place.

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Require masks in restaurants, bars to stop coronavirus, Toronto mayor says

Toronto is asking Ontario’s premier for six changes to the province’s Stage 3 reopening order when it comes to eat-in dining and drinking.Among other things, the city wants mandatory face coverings for staff and patrons of restaurants and bars.It also wants customers to have to remain seated, earlier closing hours, and all patrons logged.

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Temperature checks, masks, small classes: How gyms are reopening in Ontario

Stage 3 on Friday, meaning nearly all businesses will be allowed to welcome patrons back through their doors — including gyms.Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that much of the province will enter the third phase of reopening amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, with the exceptions of the Greater Toronto Area and the Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand-Norfolk, Lambton and Windsor-Essex regions.Gyms, which were mandated to close back in March, can reopen under strict measures on size limits, physical distancing, and equipment cleaning between each user, Ford said.Fitness centres in some other provinces have already been allowed to reopen after those regions loosened certain public health restrictions.Although the government has implemented

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Coronavirus: Premier Ford announces plan to protect intellectual property in Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday afternoon announced his government’s Intellectual Property Action Plan that will ensure all home grown ideas related to fighting COVID-19 will remain in the province for the “benefit of all Ontarians” according to Ford.

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Coronavirus: Ford says Ontario working to get 3 remaining long-term care homes out of the “red zone”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday afternoon was asked about the speed of hospitals taking over long-term care homes in Ontario, including an announcement on Friday that Humber River Hospital was taking over Villa Colombo.

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Coronavirus: Ford says Ontario will provide additional funding to farmers

On Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that his government will be providing an additional $50 million to the Agricultural Risk Management Program, and accelerating the program by one year to help farmers bounce back from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Ford says Ontario will allow Blue Jays to play home games in Toronto

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Thursday that after consulting with numerous health officials and Mayor John Tory, his government will allow the Blue Jays to play their home games in Toronto this year.

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Coronavirus: Ford announces federal government will provide $19B in COVID-19 relief funding to provinces and territories

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Thursday announced that Canada’s premiers have reached a deal with the federal government that will provide $19 billion in COVID-19 relief to the provinces and territories.

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Coronavirus: Premier Doug Ford tours Windsor-Essex as farm outbreak fight continues

COVID-19 outbreaks on local farms under control, as Premier Doug Ford toured the hard hit region.Dr. Wajid Ahmed said approximately 150 workers in the region have active cases of the virus, down from over 300 weeks earlier.The health unit reported that another 11 agri-food workers tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

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Coronavirus: Ontario extends emergency orders until July 29

coronavirus pandemic.The province is enforcing emergency orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act due to the outbreak.Keeping emergency orders in place allows the government flexibility to ensure vulnerable populations are protected as many regions are about to move into Stage 3 of reopening, the government said.Much of Ontario is set to enter Stage 3 on Friday, with the exception of regions in the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand-Norfolk, Lambton and Windsor-Essex.

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Ontario premier restates $1.75 billion pledge for long-term care homes

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has repeated his pledge to invest $1.75 billion into long-term care homes, two years after first making the vow.

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Coronavirus: Phony medical face mask exemption cards confound Ontario and Toronto officials

https://t.co/OdsVc3e5HI pic.twitter.com/qFC88P1aqB— Toronto Public Health (@TOPublicHealth) July 15, 2020Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health.

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Coronavirus: Ontario to accelerate development of new long-term care homes

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Merrilee Fullerton, minister of long-term care, announced Wednesday the government would accelerate the development of new long term care homes in the province, introducing changes to the way it funds construction of said long-term care homes.

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Coronavirus: Ford chides Ontarians who have used fake exemption cards to avoid wearing masks

Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted to news that some Ontarians have used fake cards claiming to grant medical exemptions in order to avoid wearing a mask in public spaces.

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Most Thames Valley parents want kids back in class in September: TVDSB survey

three possible plans for getting kids back to class amid the continued coronavirus pandemic. His plans include a full return to in-school learning, a scenario where students remain at home with online learning, and a hybrid model, which Lecce said is the most likely option.According to a survey sent out by the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB), most parents are in favour of sending their children back to school in September.

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Rick Zamperin: Border closure throws Toronto Blue Jays a curveball

COVID-19 pandemic in the United States it’s probably a safe bet the Blue Jays won’t get to play their home games this season in Toronto.It appears Ottawa and Washington are going to extend the border shut down to non-essential traffic for another 30 days until Aug. 21.The current agreement between the two countries is set to expire on July 21, and a recent poll suggest Canadians are strongly opposed to re-opening the border anytime soon.Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Global’s Queen’s Park bureau chief Travis Dhanraj that he wants the border to remain closed for “another 60 days minimum,” calling the rising number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States “staggering.”Canada’s deputy public health officer, Dr.

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Doug Ford to visit Cambridge, Kitchener on Tuesday

Doug Ford will spend Tuesday afternoon in Waterloo Region touring manufacturing plants, the province has announced.Ford’s visits are part of a province-wide tour he will conduct over the coming weeks to thank businesses and residents for doing their part during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Global News’ Travis Dhanraj.

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‘It’s a death trap’: Families horrified by lack of air conditioning in long-term care homes

heat wave that hit southern Ontario last week, he said his mother was stuck in a room without a fan or air conditioner.He called her living condition a “death trap.” Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasts long-term care homes without air conditioning Puopolo’s mother Saveria resides at Woodbridge Vista Care Community, a long-term care home that does not have air conditioning. The facility also had an outbreak of the coronavirus in the spring, causing 17 residents to die.

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Restaurants may be reopening, but that doesn’t make indoor dining safe: experts

novel coronavirus pandemic.But now, Ontario is allowing indoor dining to resume in parts of the province as part of Stage 3 as COVID-19 cases have steadily dropped, premier Doug Ford announced on Monday.As of July 17, restaurants and bars are allowed to welcome patrons indoors, and other businesses, including gyms, can operate at a reduced capacity, too.

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Coronavirus: 24 regions in Ontario to enter Stage 3 of reopening

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that 24 regions in Ontario will be able to enter Stage 3 of reopening as of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 17 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Ontario’s Stage 3 reopening increases gathering limits as indoor dining, gyms permitted to reopen

Ontario Premier Doug Ford introduced Monday what Stage 3 of reopening will look like for the province, allowing more businesses to reopen including dine-in restaurants, gyms, bars, live shows, performing arts, movie theatres, and casinos. Team sports and tour and guide services are also among things able to resume.

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Coronavirus: Ontario health minister says Stage 3 progress will determine future changes

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Monday that the progress and data that comes from Stage 3 as regions move into the next stage of reopening will determine whether changes happen, such as further increases to public gatherings, but certain restrictions on some businesses could remain in place for the foreseeable future.

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Ontario to reveal plans Monday to enter Stage 3 of reopening: sources

Ontario government will reveal its plans for stage 3 of reopening Monday.Premier Doug Ford will make the announcement during his daily news conference at Queen’s Park.Sources say the timeline will include details and guidelines for the reopening of a number of businesses and services currently restricted.It is not clear, however, if the government will take a regional approach to stage 3 as was the case with previous stages, or if the entire province will enter stage 3 at the same time.More to come.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford confident in NHL’s pandemic plan for hub cities

Toronto this summer, Ontario’s premier is defending his province’s decision to try to host the league in the midst of a pandemic.Doug Ford says he’s comfortable with the NHL’s plan, despite the fact British Columbia expressed some reservations about health procedures that ultimately led to Vancouver dropping out of hub-city contention.Multiple media outlets have reported Toronto and Edmonton are the league’s choices for hub cities during a 24-team resumption of play slated to start later this summer.The league hopes to start training camps in the 24 cities next week.Seven American cities and three Canadian cities started as candidates to be hub cities, but the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States made an all-Canadian return

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Coronavirus: Ontario Premier Ford announces June job gains, promotes made-in Ontario products

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that 378,000 new jobs were added in the month of June.

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Coronavirus: Kingston-area public health wants government to extend U.S. border closure

COVID-19 pandemic in the United States “poorly controlled” echoing statements made by Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the end of June.“I’m so proud of the people of Ontario versus that of the south of the border where they go hog wild and don’t care about anything,” said Ford. Premier John Horgan skirts issue of restricting American’s access to B.C.

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Windsor-Essex officials ask Ontario, feds to take lead on COVID-19 farm outbreaks

COVID-19 outbreaks in farms.Officials from around the region say the situation requires greater co-ordination than can be provided locally.Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says there have been instances where “the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing,” and having a lead agency would help prevent that.Farms in Windsor-Essex have been hit hard by COVID-19, with four currently in outbreak.

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Premier Doug Ford to thank workers at businesses for working during COVID-19 pandemic

Premier Doug Ford will make multiple public appearances at businesses today to thank Ontario workers for their service during the pandemic.Ford’s day will start at a skylight manufacturing company in Woodbridge, Ont., where the premier is set to make an announcement alongside Vic Fedeli, minister of economic development.The premier’s daily press conference is set to take place at the manufacturing company.

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Coronavirus: Ontario prefers in-class return for students, but health officials must approve

Stephen Lecce says the Ontario government prefers a return to in-class learning for students this September.Lecce’s statement comes weeks after the province told school boards to prepare for an array of options, including a return to regular class learning, online learning or a combination of both.

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Coronavirus: Ontario extends emergency orders until July 22

coronavirus pandemic.The province is enforcing emergency orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act due to the outbreak.The government said the extension was made to ensure the public health and safety of all Ontarians as more businesses reopen and people go back to work. It also allows public health units to redeploy staff, or hire staff, to support case management and contact tracing for the virus, the government said in a news release issued on Thursday.All of Ontario is now in Stage 2 of the province’s reopening plan.

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Coronavirus: Ontario introduces measures to give municipalities ‘new tools and supports’ amid economic crisis

Due to the economic pressures the coronavirus has caused, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Wednesday that the province is introducing further measures to “give municipalities new tools and supports” for infrastructure projects, and are in “active negotiations” with the Canadian federal government to get these supports for Ontario municipalities.

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Opposition parties call on Ford to mandate air conditioning in long-term care homes

Doug Ford to make good on comments criticizing the owners of long-term care homes that lack air conditioning.NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says Ford should change the Long-Term Care Act to mandate A/C in long-term care residents’ bedrooms.Green party Leader Mike Schreiner says he would support such an amendment.

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Coronavirus: Ontario expected to extend state of emergency to cover gap with new bill

Ontario is expected to table a motion today to extend the province’s state of emergency until July 24.The current state of emergency declared at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire July 15.Premier Doug Ford’s office says the government wants to extend the measure to ensure there is no gap between that declaration ending and a new bill extending Ontario’s emergency measures taking effect.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticizes long-term care homes without air conditioning

Doug Ford has strongly criticized long-term care homes that aren’t providing air conditioning, amid reports that some homes are concerned that it could increase the risk of COVID-19.Ford made the remarks in response to a reporter’s question during his press conference on Tuesday.“I’d like to get these owners who don’t put air conditioning — I’d like to stick them in the room for 24 hours at 30-degree heat (and) see how they like it. Or put their parents in there,” Ford said.“This is all about the dollars.” WHO says ‘evidence emerging’ that coronavirus may be airborne Much of Ontario is in the midst of a lingering heat wave.

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Coronavirus: Ford says extension of emergency orders will allow Ontario to act swiftly if needed

After announcing new legislation that would enable the extension of some coronavirus pandemic emergency orders over the next year, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones explained why emergency orders may need to be extended in the future after being asked by a reporter during a press conference at Queen’s Park on Tuesday.

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Coronavirus: Ontario introducing legislation to extend some pandemic emergency orders

On Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that the provincial government is introducing new legislation that would enable the extension of some coronavirus pandemic emergency orders over the next year.

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Coronavirus: Ford announces all regions of Ontario now in Stage 2 of Phase 2 reopening

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday that all regions of the province have now entered Stage 2 of Phase 2 in the province’s economic reopening plan amid the coronavirus pandemic, with Leamington and Kingsville areas having now entered.

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Ontario to introduce bill to extend some pandemic emergency measures over the next year

Ontario is set to introduce new legislation to enable the extension of some pandemic emergency orders over the next year.Solicitor General Sylvia Jones says she will introduce the bill at the provincial legislature today.The proposed law would allow the government to extend or amend some emergency orders a month at a time, with the law expiring a year after it’s passed.Under current legislation, the province can only issue emergency orders while the state of emergency is in place.

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Hamilton looks to expand temporary outdoor patio program for restaurants denied licenses

coronavirus pandemic.Brandon Stanicak, owner of the West Town Bar & Grill, said his business was one of only seven restaurants in the city that was initially rejected for a temporary license because they were abutting residential property.He says it puzzled him because they’ve used the empty lot next door for outdoor dining multiple times in the past.“It’s very hard to believe, especially in a lot that we have licensed for temporary patios fifteen times,” said Stanicak. “For the Locke Street Festival we’ve done it, special occasions we’ve done it, but usually it’s only for a day or up to five days at a time.

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Coronavirus: Ontario premier announces Kingsville, Leamington to move into stage 2 of reopening

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that Kingsville and Leamington, two communities found in the Windsor-Essex area, would finally move to Stage 2 of reopening as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

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Coronavirus: Rest of Windsor-Essex region to reopen Tuesday, putting all Ontario in Stage 2

Doug Ford says the final two communities remaining in the first stage of Ontario’s reopening plan will move ahead tomorrow.Ford says Kingsville and Leamington, Ont., will move to Stage 2 as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.He says COVID-19 outbreaks on local farms are under control and community spread of the virus is low.

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Migrant workers in Canada stage multi-city protest, call for more covid-19 protections

COVID-19 pandemic — are taking to the streets in cities across Canada today, calling on Ottawa to grant them greater rights and protections.Temporary foreign farm labourers, care workers, international students and undocumented workers who have been working throughout the pandemic as “essential workers” say they are being left behind by the Canadian government.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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