Sources: The Globe and Mail
Long-term care homes in Ontario will keep their vaccine mandates for employees despite the province lifting all mandates. 2022-03-14
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils a three-step reopening plan as the number of COVID-19 cases decline. Golf, tennis, basketball, and other outdoor sports will be allowed to reopen on May 22, but the stay-at-home order will remain in place until June 2. 2021-05-20
Ontario enters a four-week "emergency brake" province-wide lockdown that was announced by Premier Doug Ford on Thursday amidst a third wave of COVID-19. Indoor and outdoor dining, and indoor organized public events and social gatherings, are prohibited. There are also capacity restrictions for in-person shopping, as well as weddings, funerals, and religious services. 2021-04-3
Ontario reports Canada's first case of the Lineage P.1 variant in a person who travelled from Brazil to Toronto. 2021-02-7
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that the second state of emergency in the province will be extended to February 8. 2021-01-25
Ontario reports a record of 3,519 new cases and 89 deaths in the past 24 hours. 2021-01-7
Ontario reports 1,855 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-27
Ontario reports 1,328 new infections, marking a new single-day record for a second day in a row. 2020-11-8
Ontario reports 1,132 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 82,825. It is the largest single-day increase in cases since the pandemic began. 2020-11-7
Premier Doug Ford announces that non-essential businesses in Ontario are to be shut down for at least two weeks. 2020-03-23