Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Health still has NO ANSWERS to tough COVID questions
With laws and health regulations changing continually, the only constant seems to be deflection by the very sources who are supposed to know and uphold the regulations.
Top Ontario doctors say “I just read whatever they write down for me”
Ontario’s two top doctors were caught discussing their announcements on a hot mic just prior to hosting a press conference on December 14.
“I don’t know why I bring all these papers, I never look at them” Ontario Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe says, referring to the stack of notes she brought along with her. “I just say whatever they write down for me,” Yaffe says with a chuckle.
“That’s funny. Yeah same,” replies Ontario’s top doctor and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams.
Ontarians could face restrictions if they refuse to get COVID-19 vaccine, health minister says
While Christine Elliott said the vaccine will not be mandatory in Ontario, things like travel and access to communal spaces like movie theatres could be restricted.
Former Doug Ford Conservatives lobby to keep Walmart OPEN — while Adamson BBQ gets CLOSED
Commenting on Adam Skelly’s chant of “Small business! Small business!” after being handcuffed and led away by police for attempting to enter his own restaurant in Etobicoke, Ontario, Ezra recalled that Walmart’s CEO, “at a very high expense, hired two of [Ontario premier Doug] Ford’s [former] staff” Melissa Lantsman and David Tarrant to get a private meeting with the premier.
Four churches and a synagogue vandalized in Owen Sound, Ont.
On Tuesday, Owen Sound Police announced that an 26 year-old Owen Sound man has been arrested and charged with five counts of Mischief to Religious Property as well as a single count of Mischief under $5,000.
Opposition mounts against Chinese glass plant in Ontario town
Stratford Ontario is a small to medium sized city of some 32,000 souls. Well-known for its world-famous Stratford Shakespearean theatre and festival, it’s known as the “Festival City”. It’s also in the midst of a large agricultural region.
Police say it would be ‘unsafe’ to shut down Adamson BBQ due to large crowds
Toronto police say they don’t have the manpower to shut down a busy Etobicoke BBQ joint that defied provincial COVID-19 lockdown orders on Tuesday by opening for indoor dining.
Police and city bylaw officers arrived at Adamson Barbecue on Tuesday morning after it announced earlier on social media that it would defy the province’s orders forbidding indoor restaurant service.
Etobicoke BBQ restaurant forced to shut after defying lockdown order to open for dine-in service
CityNews reported that Adamson Barbecue had first taken to social media on Monday to proclaim that it wouldn’t be obeying the latest lockdown order. The Ontario government had announced in recent days that indoor dining, and various other activities, would be curbed from this week on, to stop the spread of the virus.
Stop The Small Business Lockdowns
On Friday morning, we sent out a press release that ruffled a few feathers.
The headline? “We’re one of Canada’s oldest conservative organizations, and Doug Ford and Brian Pallister are way out of line.”
We stand by that message even more so now — especially after the Premier of Ontario dropped the hammer on all small businesses, gyms, and restaurants in the GTA (without evidence of community spread), while continuing to allow the big box stores to flourish.