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‘Really good news’: Ontarians celebrate reopening with patio visits, shopping trips
TORONTO — Ontario stores and restaurants were teeming with customers Friday as the province lifted some of its COVID-19 restrictions for the first time...
Ontario extending $3 wage increase for personal service workers to August
TORONTO — Ontario is extending a wage increase for personal service workers for another two months.
It was set to expire on June 30 but...
York Region expanding second-dose COVID-19 vaccine appointments for eligible individuals
Media Release
Beginning Monday, June 14, 2021 individuals who live, work or attend school in York Region and who received their first dose on or...
Ontario calls back legislators as government to invoke notwithstanding clause
TORONTO — Ontario legislators interrupted their summer break to kick off a marathon sitting Thursday as the government prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause...
Ontario targets Delta hot spots but won’t shorten AstraZeneca dose interval
TORONTO — Ontario is accelerating second shots of COVID-19 vaccines for people in Delta variant hot spots but health authorities said on Thursday they...
Ontario unlikely to balance budget by 2030 despite post-pandemic growth: report
TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog says the province's economy will rebound over the next two years but the government is unlikely to reach its...
Town evicts Pefferlaw duck family
By Karen Wolfe
Seven Pekin ducks, which have grown up on the Pefferlaw River and were hatched in a kindergarten classroom, have come under the...
Town announces wheelchair friendly swing at The ROC
By Michelle Poirier
On June 1, during National AccessAbility Week, the Town of Georgina announced the installation of the Freedom Glider, an accessible swing made...
Travel quarantine rules set to ease as millions of Moderna vaccine...
TORONTO — Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens and permanent residents who test negative for COVID-19 will likely soon be exempt from two weeks quarantine on...
Northeastern Ontario health unit won’t reopen Friday amid COVID-19 surge
A northern Ontario health unit won't be loosening pandemic restrictions this week as it battles an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases that's spreading among...
