Ontario extends emergency orders to June 19

Ontario is extending its emergency orders for another 10 days, including banning people from dining in bars and restaurants, and gathering in groups larger than five. The orders had been set to expire June 9, but the province announced today that they are being extended until June 19. They include the closure of child... Read More

Ontario, Quebec offer different plans for reopening; Trudeau will not dictate

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Ottawa will help guide, but not dictate, how provinces and territories should start easing COVID-19 restrictions as Canada’s two hardest-hit regions offered up starkly different plans for loosening the rules.  Ontario and Quebec together account for more than 80 per cent of the more than 48,000 cases of COVID-19 in the country. Quebec came forward... Read More