Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced plans to phase out COVID-19 restrictions in the province starting Jan. 31, citing a lower test positivity rate and stabilizing health-care workforce. While the pandemic will still pose challenges to the health system, these challenges are now manageable for hospitals, the premier said during a press conference on Jan. 20…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is signaling an easing of COVID-19 restrictions as public health officials say infection and hospitalization cases are expected to peak by end of January. “We’ll have some positive news. I believe we’re going to make some announcements later this week about going back to other levels of restrictions,” Ford said Tuesday…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is finalizing plans to exit the final stage of the COVID-19 pandemic reopening roadmap and will “cautiously lift more public health measures.” “The work began months ago and we’re finalizing the plan now, including where and when we may need to reapply measures should they be required to…

TORONTO—Ontario will move to the third stage of its reopening plan next Friday—several days ahead of schedule—allowing gyms and restaurants to open indoor operations and larger gatherings to take place. The government said high vaccination rates and improvements in other pandemic metrics had allowed for the early move to Step 3. It said positive trends…