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  York Region should have remained under lockdown, Ontario Liberal Leader says

  Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca says that York Region should have remained under the provincial shut down and stay-at-home orders for another two weeks, after malls and businesses in the region were swarmed with shoppers on the first day of the economic re-opening.

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  Ontario residents return to usual hydro rates Tuesday as stay-at-home order is lifted in most of province

  An emergency order providing Ontario residents with a less expensive, fixed off-peak hydro rate expires today.

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  Ontario premier defends spending $2.5 million on bracelets that beep if users get too close

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government’s decision to invest $2.5 million in wearable contact tracing technology that will beep or buzz to notify users if they are too close to another person, saying that the deal should yield a “good return on investment.”

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  Canada Post worksite hit by major virus outbreak excluded from provincial inspections

  Ontario labour inspectors are homing in on warehouses and distribution centres, but the site of a major workplace COVID-19 outbreak isn't included in the ongoing inspections: Canada Post.

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  Ontario government to have 34 different COVID-19 vaccination plans

  Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination plan is being splintered off into 34 different sets of delivery models, as the province tasks each local public health unit with creating their own strategy for administering the vaccine to residents of their regions. 2

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  Ontario's asymptomatic testing program in schools finds 32 COVID-19 cases in 3,706 tests

  Ontario’s second round of asymptomatic testing in schools has found a low number of COVID-19 cases in classrooms across the province.

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  Ontario extends all emergency orders under the Reopening Ontario Act until March 21

  The Ontario government has extended all emergency orders under the Reopening Ontario Act (ROA) for at least another month. 21

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  As residential evictions resume in Ontario, NDP calls for ban during pandemic

  As the enforcement of evictions resumes across much of Ontario this week, the NDP are tabling a bill that would prohibit residential evictions until after the pandemic ends.

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  Ford owes apology to every woman in Ontario after hurling 'sexist' comment, Horwath says

  NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Premier Doug Ford owes an apology to every woman in Ontario for hurling what she calls a sexist remark at her during a heated exchange over the government’s plan to reopen the province. 2

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  Ontario MPP who denounces lockdowns introduces bill to slash parliamentarian salaries to CERB levels

  An Ontario MPP who was recently kicked out of Premier Doug Ford's caucus for calling lockdowns "deadlier than COVID" is now introducing a private member's bill that would slash MPP salaries to $500 per week so elected officials can "appreciate the consequences" of shutdowns.

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  Health minister says Ontario not ready to release more detailed vaccine plan

  Ontario's health minister says the province is not ready to release a more detailed COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan because of continued supply shortages.

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  Ontario premier refuses to commit to further travel measures as stay-at-home order lifts in most of province

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford indicated that while “everything is on the table,” it may not be practical to implement further travel measures such as road checkpoints to prevent people living in lockdown areas from travelling to regions where the stay-at-home order has been lifted. 5

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  Web portal, service desk in the works for Ontario COVID-19 vaccine appointments

  Ontario is developing a web portal for booking COVID-19 vaccine appointments when mass immunization is underway, but experts said Monday that more details of the province's plan are needed to ensure vulnerable residents don't fall through the cracks. 1

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  Politicians to push for paid sick leave when Ontario legislature resumes

  Ontario MPPs are expecting a showdown over paid sick days when the provincial legislature resumes on Tuesday, as the NDP tries to push forward legislation that would affect thousands of businesses owners and their employees. 2

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  Ontario to restart in-vehicle road tests for most of the province on Feb. 16

  The government announced Friday that regions across Ontario not currently operating under a stay-at-home order or the grey-lockdown level of the province’s colour-coded reopening framework can book a test starting Feb. 16.