Posted: Apr 21, 2021 11:19 AM ET | Last Updated: April 21
Test positivity rates for COVID-19 reached 22.4 per cent in Brampton this week. The goal set by the World Health Organization is to keep positive test rates below five per cent.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
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âWhat the hell just happened in Ontario?!â a friend from Alberta asked me Monday morning. Good question.
What a weekend it was: On Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet held a press conference to announce new restrictions, which kept getting pushed back by 30 minute increments.
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The cause behind the scheduling switch-ups was obvious: Cabinet was deeply conflicted, to put it mildly, about the outrageous new rules they were about to inflict upon the entire province.
Peel and Toronto order sweeping closures of all businesses with 5 or more coronavirus cases cp24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cp24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TORONTO Both Peel Region and Toronto will now require workplaces with five or more recent coronavirus cases to shut down for 10 days in most instances in a bid to stem spread of the virus in settings largely permitted to operate as normal during the Ford government’s third state of emergency. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh says that beginning on Friday, any business with five or more known COVID-19 cases occurring within a span of 14 days or fewer, where cases “could have reasonably acquired their infection at work,” or no other source of transmission can be identified, will have to shut down.
Author of the article: Brian Lilley
Publishing date: Apr 17, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read • Crowds were small at the Beach and a few people used the playground near the Olympic pool as the Ford government walked back its latest province-wide stay-at-home restrictions and allowed parks to remain open. Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network
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The Ford government will let playgrounds stay open and clarify the ability of police to stop and ask people why they are out of their homes after getting an earful from the public and police services alike.
The change comes less than 24 hours after the province announced the enhanced measures.