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19.01.2022 / 22:41

‘Good announcement’ coming this week for Ontario restaurants and gyms: Ford

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that a “good announcement” will be coming this week for restaurants, gyms, and other businesses in the province that have been facing COVID-19 restrictions.

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COVID-19: Alberta fitness industry reacts to Ontario’s new health restrictions

With COVID-19 cases involving the Omicron variant continuing to surge, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that the province is implementing new provincial health restrictions, including the closure of fitness centres.

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Reaction from Alberta fitness industry to Ontario’s new COVID-19 restrictions

In the latest edition of Health Matters, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that the province is implementing new COVID-19 restrictions, including the closure of fitness centres.

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‘We’re not going to be able to stop it’: Ontario reimposes restrictions to fight COVID-19 ‘tsunami’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is bringing back some tight pandemic restrictions, as a record-breaking COVID-19 surge risks pushing the province’s hospitals to the breaking point. Mike Drolet reports on some of the new measures, and what’s at stake.

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Ontario could see ‘hundreds of thousands’ of COVID-19 cases per day, Ford says

When introducing new COVID-19 measures on Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that based on current trends the province could see “hundreds of thousands of cases every single day” as the Omicron variant spreads.

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COVID-19: Ford explains decision to move schools online

Ontario Premier Doug Ford discussed on Monday the province’s decision to switch schools to remote learning for two weeks, saying “major factors” that influenced the decision included COVID-19 case counts and hospitalization rates, protecting front line workers and protecting students and the general public.

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Doug Ford comments on COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Ontario schools

Ontario Premier Doug Ford commented on the status of the province’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout Tuesday as well as a planned announcement on schools. The premier was visiting a vaccination site for Hello Fresh employees in Mississauga.

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Ontario to announce new supports for businesses due to COVID restrictions

businesses today after introducing stricter public health measures last week.A spokesperson for Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says details will be released late in the morning or early in the afternoon.It comes as the Ontario Chamber of Commerce is urging Premier Doug Ford to “consider further grants, targeted support programs, and other direct measures” to help businesses and their employees.

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Doug Ford can’t access home due to protesters, spokesperson says

Premier Doug Ford’s head of communications has revealed that anti-lockdown and anti-vax protestors have forced him out. But while Ford is able to seek refuge at his cottage, some are quick to point out neighbours and other targets of protestors aren’t able to do the same.

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Ontario government investigating rapid COVID-19 test resales for possible fines

COVID-19 test kits may be fined for doing so.Government and Consumer Services Minister Ross Romano says reselling the kits is considered a breach of government emergency orders that prohibit charging unfair prices for necessary goods.He says the government is working to “identify, track down, and fine” businesses or individuals who break the rules.

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Premier Doug Ford can’t get into his home due to protesters, spokesperson says

Doug Ford and his family haven’t been able to get into their house for most of the weekend or Monday due to anti-vaccine protesters outside their home.Ivana Yelich, director of media relations for Ford, put out a tweet making the claim late on Monday.Her tweet was in response to another tweet from an account called “Ont.

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Booster eligibility expands across Ontario for people aged 18 and older

COVID-19 vaccine booster through the provincial portal this morning, as long as it has been at least three months since getting the second shot.The province announced Wednesday that it was expanding eligibility in an effort to bolster defences against the Omicron variant of COVID-19.Pharmacies were able to start offering the boosters to younger adults on Friday, but now Ontarians can make appointments through the province’s or a local public health unit’s website.

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COVID-19: Capacity limits back in place in Ontario’s large venues today due to Omicron

Ontario reports 3,301 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths Premier Doug Ford announced the restriction on Wednesday, at the same time that he rolled out an expanded COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign.Yesterday, he went even further and said restaurants, retailers and other indoor settings would see their capacity limited to 50 per cent as well.

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Cinemas face Ontario’s new capacity rules on ‘Spider Man’ opening weekend

Ontario cinemas won’t leave Spider-Man fans out in the cold.Cineplex Inc. and Landmark Cinemas, two of Canada’s largest film exhibitors, say moviegoers who pre-purchased tickets for the anticipated blockbuster “Spider-Man: No Way Home” will still have seats when COVID-19 measures cap large venues to 50 per cent capacity Friday at midnight.That’s because Premier Doug Ford’s latest rules for indoor facilities holding more than 1,000 people don’t mandate physical distancing.For multiplexes, that means one auditorium can be filled at more than 50 per cent, as long as the entire building remains at half capacity.

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‘No decision’ made on what will happen with Ontario schools come January, Ford says

Doug Ford said Friday “no decision” has been made yet on what will happen with schools in the new year.Ford made the comment during a press conference Friday afternoon, where the government announced new measures in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Ontario announces new restrictions in response to Omicron COVID variant “I want to speak directly to the parents out there,” the premier said.“I know you’re concerned about your kids’ schools and what to expect after the new year.

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Ministry of Labour to conduct COVID-19 inspection blitz at Ontario businesses Saturday

COVID-19 cases surge.The Ministry of Labour says 150 provincial offences officers will be deployed across Ontario.They’ll focus their efforts on big box stores, bars, salons and other high-risk settings, ensuring businesses are enforcing distancing requirements, checking vaccine certificates and following other health rules. Premier Doug Ford, Dr.

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Premier Doug Ford, Dr. Kieran Moore to make announcement Friday

Doug Ford and the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore are set to make an announcement Friday afternoon.They are scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m.

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Ontario distributing free take-home rapid COVID tests over holidays

A day after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said vaccinations and free rapid tests would be key in the province’s latest COVID-19 fight, test kits were snapped up when they were made available. Seán O’Shea reports.

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COVID-19: Ontarians scramble to get rapid antigen tests in provincial holiday test blitz

Ontario names locations to pick up free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests in Toronto-area Jelly says he lined up with a few hundred others for rapid antigen tests at a pop-up site outside the Dundurn Castle landmark, but was told they ran out in less than half an hour.On her way to work this morning, Jacqueline Vincent says she passed by a swarm of people outside of the Richmond-Adelaide Centre pop-up site in downtown Toronto.

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Demand outpacing capacity for COVID-19 boosters: MLHU

COVID-19 vaccine third doses aren’t immediately available, the Middlesex-London Health Unit says.On Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford announced that all eligible adults in Ontario can book COVID-19 booster shots starting Monday while some settings like pharmacies can start offering walk-in boosters to anyone 18 and older as of Friday. Ontarians 18+ can get COVID vaccine boosters Monday Initially, it was anticipated that eligibility for third doses would be expanded to those 18 and older beginning Jan.

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Ontario science table to release new COVID-19 modelling Thursday

COVID-19 expert advisers is expected to release new modelling this morning on the state of the pandemic in the province.The new projections come a day after the provincial government announced a series of new measures in response to the highly infectious Omicron variant.Among them is an accelerated rollout of COVID-19 booster shots, which will be available starting Monday to residents over 18 whose second dose was at least three months ago.

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Vaccine capacity ramping up in Ontario ahead of booster plan details amid emergency of Omicron

COVID-19 booster shot rollout were underway Wednesday in Ontario as the province braced for a growing wave of infections from the highly transmissible Omicron variant.Public Health Ontario has estimated that 80 per cent of new COVID-19 infections as of this week would be Omicron. Dr.

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Ontario virtual housing affordability summit postponed so governments can tackle Omicron

COVID-19.The summit was to be held Thursday, with Premier Doug Ford, Housing Minister Steve Clark and numerous mayors.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had also been invited to participate. Board proposes framework to increase Ontario’s housing options, affordability But in a statement Wednesday, Clark says the province is delaying the meeting until the new year so that all levels of government can focus on combatting the public health crisis.The provincial and federal governments are mulling new restrictions and a faster COVID-19 vaccine booster rollout due to the Omicron variant, which is far more transmissible than the Delta variant that drove the third wave of the pandemic.

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Ontario cabinet meeting Wednesday to discuss expanding booster capacity

COVID-19 vaccine booster shot capacity, a government official says.The news comes one day after eligibility for booster doses expanded to those aged 50+ in the province.Last week, the government announced that the shots would become available to those aged 18+ starting Jan. 4.Individuals who are eligible can receive a booster dose around six months (168 days) after their second shot.

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20 new COVID-19 cases reported in Guelph, active cases at 83

COVID-19 in Guelph on Wednesday, edging up the total case count to 5,285.The latest data shows the city has 83 active cases, with seven new recoveries also being reported. Total resolved cases stand at 5,157, while the city’s fatal case count of 45 remains unchanged.

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Premier Doug Ford defends current approach amid calls for more rapid COVID test access

COVID-19 testing on Wednesday as calls grew for expanded access to rapid tests ahead of the holiday season.Some Ontario workplaces offer rapid tests for their employees, and children in publicly funded schools are being sent home for the December break with a kit of five rapid tests each.But for the most part, the tests that offer results within around 15 minutes are not freely available to people who simply want to rule out an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection before a holiday gathering, for example.

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16% of Waterloo Region residents aged 5-11 have had COVID-19 vaccine shot

COVID-19 vaccine.As the agency has recently said, there are 48,000 kids in the age group in the area which means that more than 7,500 of them have received a vaccination over the first five days of them being offered. Doug Ford applauds new COVID-19 travel restrictions, says more discussions with feds to be held Overall, Waterloo Public Health says that 454,521 residents are now fully vaccinated, which is 245 more than it reported on Wednesday.

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5 new COVID-19 cases reported in Guelph, 39 active cases

COVID-19 in the city on Thursday, as the total case count climbed to 5,205.The latest data shows Guelph has 39 active cases, with six new recoveries also being reported. Total resolved cases are at 5,121, while the city’s fatal case count of 45 remains unchanged.

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London, Ont., mourns death of 8-year-old girl struck by vehicle

A group of Girl Guides are among those recovering from injuries after a car stuck ten pedestrians in London. An eight-year-old girl died early Wednesday.

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Ontario government invests in new facilities for Trillium Health in Mississauga

Premier Doug Ford was in Mississauga Wednesday for a major health-care announcement. It’s one that would see a huge hospital expansion and the addition of new hospital beds at Trillium Health sites.

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Doug Ford applauds new COVID-19 travel restrictions, says more discussions with feds to be held

Doug Ford thanked the federal government for implementing new travel restrictions in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and said more discussions will be held about possibly expanding new testing rules to travellers from the United States.Ford made the remarks at an unrelated press conference in Mississauga Wednesday morning.Several Omicron variant cases have already been confirmed in Ontario, and Ford said while it is a “cause for concern” it is “not cause for panic.”“Every day we hold off more cases entering our country, the more time we have to learn and prepare,” Ford said. Canada expands travel ban, seeks booster guidance “So the best thing we can do right now is fortify our borders.

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Ottawa and Ontario often at odds over border restrictions

The travel ban announced by Ottawa came just hours after Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for a series of measures to counter the new variant. There is a history throughout the pandemic of Queen’s Park and Ottawa often at odds over what should be done.

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10 new COVID-19 cases reported in Guelph, 20 active cases

COVID-19 in the city on Friday, with the total case count climbing to 5,173.The latest data shows Guelph has 20 active cases, with four new recoveries also being reported. Total resolved cases are at 5,108, while the city’s fatal case count of 45 remains unchanged.

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COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 13 cases Friday

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, though the total tally increased by 14, with the discrepancy likely due to data cleanup.In total, there have been 14,813 cases, including 137 active cases (an increase of four), 14,424 recoveries (an increase of 10) and 252 deaths (unchanged). Doug Ford calls on feds for flight ban amid new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa The most recent deaths were reported Nov.

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Doug Ford calls on feds for flight ban amid new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa

COVID-19 variant of concern has been detected in South Africa.“We cannot repeat the same mistakes that allowed the Alpha and Delta variants to enter our country. Our best defense right now is stopping this variant at the border,” Ford said in a statement issued Friday.On Thursday, South African scientists told reporters they detected a new variant — called B.1.1.529 — that has a “very unusual constellation” of mutations, which are concerning because they could help it evade the body’s immune response and make it more transmissible.

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Ontario further extends temporary wage increase for personal support workers

personal support workers until the end of March.The boost of between two and three dollars an hour was introduced last October, and was due to expire at the end of the month. Premier Doug Ford says ‘it’s a guarantee’ to keeping pay increase for personal support workers The province brought in the raise in an effort to attract new employees and retain existing ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.The province says the extension will cost $373 million.

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Woman in her 40s latest COVID-19 victim in Waterloo Region

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Ontario lifts COVID capacity limits in restaurants, gyms, casinos

COVID-19 is required.If museums and galleries, places of worship, and personal care settings choose to require proof of vaccination, they can also lift capacity limits as of today.Premier Doug Ford announced the development Friday as he unveiled plans for managing the pandemic long term.

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COVID-19: Ontario premier Ford, top doctor defend decision to roll back proof-of-vaccination starting January

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore defended the decision to begin lifting the requirements for proof of vaccination starting in January, saying they are being cautious with their decisions.

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High vaccinations, low cases: When is it safe to lift COVID-19 restrictions?

COVID-19 case numbers plateauing in recent weeks, Premier Doug Ford announced Friday afternoon the province’s new plan for gradually lifting remaining restrictions.Beginning Monday, the province is lifting capacity limits on restaurants, gyms, indoor event spaces and other venues where proof-of-vaccination is currently required, and anticipates lifting proof-of-vaccination controls in some venues starting in the new year. Ontario government lifts COVID capacity limits for bars, restaurants, gyms beginning Monday B.C.

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Ontario to release plan for moving past its framework of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

COVID-19 public health restrictions.The province paused plans in mid-August to exit Step 3 of its reopening framework as fourth-wave cases were rising.Now, the seven-day average of daily COVID-19 case counts is stable, nearly 88 per cent of eligible Ontarians have received at least one dose of a vaccine and proof of vaccination is required to access several venues, including restaurants, cinemas and event spaces.

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Ontario hospital association recommends mandatory staff COVID vaccination in letter to Ford

COVID-19.The Ontario Hospital Association shared its position today in a letter responding to Premier Doug Ford’s request for input on a possible mandatory vaccination policy for hospital workers.

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Ontario NDP leader calls for health-care hiring and retention plan during London, Ont. visit

‘Getting dangerous’ — Calls grow for federal action amid Canada’s nurse shortage In mid-September, the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions told Global News it estimates there are more than 16,000 vacancies in health-care jobs in the province.During her visit, Horwath also criticized Premier Doug Ford for passing Bill 124, which was introduced in 2019 and caps certain public sector wages, such as nurses’, at a one per cent annual increase.“Health-care workers are heroes, and we need more heroes,” said Horwath.“To solve the long waits in London, we need a provincewide aggressive recruitment and retention strategy.”Horwath said the province should be taking the lead from provinces like Quebec, which over the last two years

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Ontario science table supports mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for hospital workers

COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers would reduce the risk of staff shortages because fewer employees would be likely to get infected by the virus.The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table shared their written response Tuesday to Premier Doug Ford’s recent call for input on the issue.Ford last week asked stakeholders whether requiring all hospital workers be immunized against the virus would worsen staff shortages and impact services.The advisory group says a mandatory vaccination policy is evidence-based and would make hospital settings safer.

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Doug Ford satisfied with CPSO process restricting Ontario doctors

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has restricted two doctors from issuing medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines, masking, and testing. Premier Doug Ford says he satisfied leaving it there, while others call for a standardized system to police medical exemptions.

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Ford announces new QR codes for Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport

Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that Ontarians can now begin downloading their new QR codes to be used as proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

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Ford asks hospitals for input on potential COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Doug Ford has written to hospital CEOs, local medical officers of health and other health-care organizations asking for input on implementing vaccine mandates for staff at hospitals.Many hospitals across the province have already enacted their own mandates, going beyond the current provincial policy of having hospital staff vaccinated or subject to frequent testing.

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Ontarians can begin downloading QR codes for COVID-19 vaccine passport based on birth month

website based on birth month.For residents who miss their day, officials said to try again on or after Oct. 18 as the website will be open to any birth month.

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Douglas Robert Ford (born November 20, 1964) is a Canadian businessman and politician serving as the 26th premier of Ontario since June 29, 2018. He represents the riding of Etobicoke North. With his brother Randy, Ford co-owns Deco Labels and Tags, a printing business operating in Canada and the United States that was founded by their father, Doug Ford Sr., who served as a Member of Provincial Parliament from 1995 to 1999. Ford was Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke North from 2010 to 2014 at the same time that his brother, Rob Ford, was Mayor of Toronto. Ford ran for the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, where he placed second behind John Tory. In 2018, Ford won the party leadership election of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and led the Tories to a majority win in the 2018 Ontario general election.

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