The Town of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls is looking to the province to loosen restrictions in the northwest. Council has approved a resolution asking the government to reconsider blanket restrictions across Ontario. The resolution calls on the government to: -Increase consultations with communities and small businesses in the North to find realistic ways for supporting businesses throughout the lockdown; -Revisit blanket-provincial measures to COVID-19 response; -Allow small businesses to remain open to in-store sales, with limited capacity and increased safety measures; -Allow accommodation-based operators to function on a risk-based, regionally appropriate model, with increased safety measures; -Permit construction work on a risk-based, regionally appropriate model, with increased safety measures, especially in the North, where large infrastructure related to pandemic response and health care do not comprise the majority of projects; and,