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Ontario Keeping Seniors in Long-Term Care Homes Cool this Summer

Investment will help ensure residents, staff and caregivers are safe and comfortable.

May 27, 2021

Residents in long-term care homes across the province will be able to keep cool this summer due to improved regulations and investments in air conditioning by the Government of Ontario.

On April 1, the Government of Ontario updated regulations under the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, which require designated cooling areas of all homes be served by air conditioning and be maintained at...

Ontario Takes Next Step with Northeastern Passenger Rail

Next Stage of Planning Will Focus on a Proposed Service Route

Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, announced that the Ontario government is improving transportation in the North by taking the next step towards bringing passenger rail service to people in the northeast with the release of the Initial Business Case. The province is building a better transportation network for Northern Ontario, making it easier and more convenient for people to get where they need to go.

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Outdoor Amenities Reopening May 2021

 OUTDOOR AMENITIES
REOPENING MAY 2021

Under new Provincial guidance, outdoor recreational amenities will reopen, with restrictions in place, effective Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 12:01 a.m.

Amenities which may re-open include: sports fields, basketball courts, picnic tables and areas, park shelters, and tennis courts.

The Municipal Marina will also reopen Saturday, and recreational boating is permitted, however only members of a household can gather on a boat.

All visitors must continue to comply...

Ontario Releases Three-Step Roadmap to Safely Reopen the Province

Province Safely Reopening Outdoor Recreational Amenities Prior to End of Stay-at-Home Order

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has released its Roadmap to Reopen, a three-step plan to safely and cautiously reopen the province and gradually lift public health measures based on the provincewide vaccination rate and improvements in key public health and health care indicators. In response to recent improvements to these indicators, Ontario will allow...

Ontario Supporting Skills And Safety Training for Electrical Workers

Investment will support safe and effective training for workers and apprentices

May 20, 2021

The Ontario government is investing $5.3 million to support new and enhanced state-of-the-art training to upskill 500 electrical workers, giving them a competitive edge and boosting homegrown talent. This initiative, offered in partnership with electrical contractor Spark Power, will provide free training for those individuals and upgrade their existing online, on-the-job and in-classroom education programming....