Jun 27 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to effectively give municipalities veto power over new water bottling permits and set new rules and priorities for taking groundwater. The planned changes come three years after the former Liberal government enacted a moratorium on new and expanded permits to take water for bottling. It came after bottled water giant Nestle […]
Jun 27 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to effectively give municipalities veto power over new water bottling permits and set new rules and priorities for taking groundwater. The planned changes come three years after the former Liberal government enacted a moratorium on new and expanded permits to take water for bottling. It came after bottled water giant Nestle […]
Jun 25 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford doesn't want to see the Canada-United States border opened when the current closure expires July 21, considering the positive trends in the province compared to a COVID-19 resurgence in many states. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has extended a ban on non-essential travel between the two countries until at least that […]
Jun 24 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Patios and hair salons were back in business in Ontario's two most populous regions on Wednesday, as the premier announced that parts of the Windsor region will soon join them in Stage 2. Toronto and Peel moved into the second stage of the province's reopening plan, with bar and restaurant patios, beauty salons, […]
Jun 24 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Patios and hair salons were back in business in Ontario's two most populous regions on Wednesday, as the premier announced that parts of the Windsor region will soon join them in Stage 2. Toronto and Peel moved into the second stage of the province's reopening plan, with bar and restaurant patios, beauty salons, […]
Jun 23 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario elementary students will be taught a new math curriculum starting in September that incorporates learning to code, expanded learning on financial literacy, and a return to memorizing multiplication tables. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the new curriculum Tuesday and defended rolling it out in the middle of a pandemic, which will likely […]
Jun 23 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario elementary students will be taught a new math curriculum starting in September that incorporates learning to code, expanded learning on financial literacy, and a return to memorizing multiplication tables. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the new curriculum Tuesday and defended rolling it out in the middle of a pandemic, which will likely […]
Jun 22 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario's two largest regions will enter Stage 2 of the province's reopening plan Wednesday, with restaurant patios, hair salons and swimming pools in Toronto and Peel Region able to resume operations. That will leave Windsor-Essex as the only region of the province still in Stage 1, which Premier Doug Ford blamed on farmers […]
Jun 22 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario's two largest regions will enter Stage 2 of the province's reopening plan Wednesday, with restaurant patios, hair salons and swimming pools in Toronto and Peel Region able to resume operations. That will leave Windsor-Essex as the only region of the province still in Stage 1, which Premier Doug Ford blamed on farmers […]
Jun 19 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario students will likely return to school in September with a mix of in-class and remote learning, the government announced Friday, though boards will develop various scenarios, depending on how COVID-19 is spreading at that point. Premier Doug Ford said there won't be a one-size-fits-all approach in schools, but parents provincewide will have the option […]
Jun 19 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario students will likely return to school in September with a mix of in-class and remote learning, the government announced Friday, though boards will develop various scenarios, depending on how COVID-19 is spreading at that point. Premier Doug Ford said that with different areas of the province at different stages of reopening, the same […]
Jun 15 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — All regions of Ontario except for Toronto, Peel and Windsor-Essex will be in Stage 2 of the province's phased reopening plan as of Friday. Most areas of the province were allowed to enter the second stage last Friday, except for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, some regions that border the United States and […]
Jun 15 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — All regions of Ontario except for Toronto, Peel and Windsor-Essex will be in Stage 2 of the province's phased reopening plan as of Friday. Most areas of the province were allowed to enter the second stage last Friday, except for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, some regions that border the United States and […]
Jun 11 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario is allowing child-care centres to reopen as of Friday, but operators and advocates say there is no way most can implement a host of new COVID-19-era rules to open with just a few days' notice. Many centres are also likely to face financial challenges, they say, operating at reduced capacity and with long-promised government […]
Jun 11 2020 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario is allowing child-care centres to reopen as of Friday, but operators and advocates say there is no way most can implement a host of new COVID-19-era rules to open with just a few days' notice. Many centres are also likely to face financial challenges, they say, operating at reduced capacity and with long-promised government […]