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Lisa MacLeod Ontario s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport attends Ontario Premier Doug Ford s daily briefing in Toronto on June 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young May 25, 2021 - 4:30 PM
TORONTO - Ontario says it s providing $3 million in financial support to help the Canadian Film Centre through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Culture Minister Lisa MacLeod said Tuesday that the one-time funding is part of the provinceâs efforts to support the film, television and new media industries through the public health crisis. Film and television production as well as animation and video gaming have been a real growth area in our creative industries and I believe that, as our sectors recover from COVID-19, we will see a real stark increase based on the ability of our creators to get their content around the world, MacLeod said at a virtual news conference.
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Lisa MacLeod Ontario s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport attends Ontario Premier Doug Ford s daily briefing in Toronto on Monday, June 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young May 13, 2021 - 10:48 AM
TORONTO - Lisa MacLeod, Ontario s Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, says the province hasn t verbally approved the CFL s return-to-play protocols and there s no timeline for it to do so. No, we have not added our name yet to signing off on that, MacLeod told reporters Thursday during a conference call. We continue to work with them (CFL) at the public-health table . . . but to this point and time, no, the chief medical officer of health in Ontario has not yet signed off on a return-to-play protocol.
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Lisa MacLeod Ontario s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport attends Ontario Premier Doug Ford s daily briefing in Toronto on Monday, June 15, 2020. MacLeod says it would be irresponsible to approve a return to play for the Ontario Hockey League given the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the province.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young April 15, 2021 - 3:10 PM
Ontario s minister of sport says it would be irresponsible to approve a return to play for the Ontario Hockey League right now.
Sports Minister Lisa MacLeod spoke on Thursday and said that the province was days away from approving the OHL s plan to return to play in late March when the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest in Ontario.
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Lisa MacLeod Ontario s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport attends Ontario Premier Doug Ford s daily briefing in Toronto on Monday, June 15, 2020. The NHL plans to release its 2021 schedule today but Ontario s minister of sport says discussions are still ongoing about how the all-Canadian North division will operate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young December 23, 2020 - 3:17 PM
TORONTO - The NHL released its schedule for the 2020-21 season Wednesday, but Ontario s minister of sport said discussions are still ongoing about how the all-Canadian North division will operate.
Ontario is scheduled to enter a province-wide lockdown on Saturday that will last for 28 days in its most heavily populated regions. The NHL had previously announced that its new season will start on Jan. 13, 10 days before the lockdown is scheduled to lift in Toronto and Ottawa.
Ontario public health to weigh possibility of NHL restart as lockdown looms
Lisa MacLeod Ontario s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport attends Ontario Premier Doug Ford s daily briefing in Toronto on Monday, June 15, 2020. Ontario s minister of sport says the provincial government is examining how a Canadian division in the NHL might work.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young December 17, 2020 - 4:26 PM
TORONTO - The NHL is considering having all seven Canadian teams play the upcoming season in the United States, according to multiple media reports.
The NHL was reportedly planning to realign its divisions for the 2020-21 campaign with a seven-team, all-Canadian division that would play domestically in Canada with no cross-border travel. However, reports Thursday night suggest that every Canadian team may have to head south instead to adhere to provincial guidelines around COVID-19.