A list of what's open: Tracking Ontario's gradual reopening

[canada-man]

During an unprecedented pandemic shutdown it’s hard enough to keep track of the day of the week, let alone the constantly-evolving details surrounding the gradual reopening of businesses and services.

Here’s a look at the latest developments as the province slowly emerges from its curve-flattening closures.

Friday, May 8: Garden centres and nurseries will be able to open for in-store payment and purchases, operating under the same guidelines as grocery stores and pharmacies.

Saturday, May 9: Hardware stores and safety supply stores will be permitted to open for in-store payment and purchases.

Monday, May 11: Retail stores with a street entrance can begin offering curbside pickup and delivery, in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s Guidance Document for Essential Workplaces and occupational health and safety requirements.

Thursday, May 14: The LCBO will extend its hours, opening from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Currently, the stores are open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on those days. Sunday hours will remain the same, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Other:

Mount Pleasant Cemetery will reopen on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. but will be closed on Mother’s Day Sunday to avoid overcrowding.


Gradual, 3-stage reopening

The province previously announced a 3-stage plan for reopening the economy, but has yet to provide specific dates for many of the phases, choosing a wait-and-see approach directed by health officials and contingent on case numbers declining.

(Source: Province of Ontario)

Stage 1

opening select workplaces that can meet current public health guidelines
allowing essential gatherings of a limited number of people
opening some outdoor spaces
continued protections for vulnerable populations

Stage 2

opening more workplaces with significant mitigation plans
opening more public spaces
allowing some larger public gatherings
continued protections for vulnerable populations

Stage 3

opening all workplaces responsibly
relaxing restrictions on public gatherings
continued protections for vulnerable populations

Considerations for each stage

a consistent two-to-four week decrease in the number of new daily COVID‑19 cases
sufficient acute and critical care capacity, including access to ventilators and ongoing availability of personal protective equipment
approximately 90% of new COVID‑19 contacts are being reached by local public health officials within one day, with guidance and direction to contain community spread
ongoing testing of suspected COVID‑19 cases, especially of vulnerable populations, to detect new outbreaks quickly

https://www.680news.com/2020/05/07/a-list-of-whats-open-tracking-ontarios-gradual-reopening/

 

[rexst]

any info re. barbers??

 

[xmontrealer]

any info re. barbers??

My barber is in an enclosed shopping mall in a shared space with a retail business. I wonder if the initial opening of barbers will be restricted to those with street entrances.

 

[chodge]

Barbers have to do curb side haircuts

 

[canada-man]

breaking news breaking news!


TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford said Ontario will enter stage one of a three-step plan to gradually reopen the province on Thursday.

"I'm confident we can move forward," Ford said at Queen's Park on Tuesday. "On Thursday, we will share more details about the next stage of reopening our province."

Ford said the province will allow more low-risk workplaces, seasonal businesses and essential services to reopen but has not provided any specifics. His office confirmed to CTV News Toronto a specific list of new businesses that can reopen will be released Thursday.

"We have hit stage one on Thursday," Ford said. "It will be stage one of three stages."

In late April, the provincial government revealed a three-step plan to gradually reopen the economy. In stage one of the plan, select workplaces could reopen and some small gathering would be allowed.

Under the current emergency order, gatherings of more than five people, not from the same household, are illegal.

Stage one also allows some outdoor spaces to reopen, such as parks, and allowing for "greater number of individuals" to attend some events, such as funerals. Hospitals can begin to offer some non-urgent surgeries and other health-care services.

Each of the three stages will be monitored by health officials for two to four weeks. In stage two, Ontario would open even more workplaces and outdoor spaces and allow larger gatherings.

When the province reaches stage three, the government will relax restrictions further on public gatherings and open all workplaces.

Large public gatherings, such as concerts and sporting events will continue to be restricted for "the foreseeable future."

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-will-enter-stage-one-of-reopening-plan-on-thursday-1.4935309


looks like dougy is busy reading twitter posts under the hashtag #event201

 

[Smash]

What stage will the Rub n' Tug's be under?

 

[shack]

looks like dougy is busy reading twitter posts under the hashtag #event201

It sounds like he's been busy listening to health and epidemiology experts.

 

[canada-man]

TORONTO -- More details are expected to be provided about the first phase of Ontario's reopening plan today, including a timeline on when it will actually begin.

Premier Doug Ford has said that he will be holding a news conference this afternoon to release information about what businesses will be permitted to reopen when Ontario officially enters phase one of its previously announced recovery plan.

Ford, however, has said that the plan will not be formally put in place until he has the support of public health officials.(NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO)

CP24 has learned that today's announcement will include a timeline on when stage one will begin and details about the reopening of some small businesses and parks, including golf courses.

The province has previously said that the first phase of its reopening plan will begin with the opening of some outdoor spaces as well "select workplaces" that can "immediately meet or modify operations" to adhere to public health directives.

The first phase would also allow for a "greater number of individuals to attend some events, such as funerals."

"We ae putting guidelines together for areas of the population and companies and stakeholders to get ready," Ford said on Wednesday. “We aren’t at stage one (yet) but we are asking people to get ready for stage one."

Today’s announcement comes as some Greater Toronto Area mayors express concern about whether the province is ready to reopen.

On Wednesday Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown pleaded with politicians “not to pick a date out of thin air” for the reopening of the economy and to continue to follow the advice of public health officials.

“There may be calls in smaller communities and rural areas to reopen right away; I certainly don’t feel that in Brampton or in the GTA,” Brown said. “I’ve been on regular calls with fellow GTA mayors and we all believe that it’s essential we listen to public health.”

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie also cautioned against a rush to open things back up on Wednesday, noting that in doing so “we would be running the risk of a second wave.”


People like Bonnie still gets paid while being a Mayor she can afford to be in a lockdowb for months unlike the rest of working blokes

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-...opening-more-details-expected-today-1.4938939

 

[canada-man]

May 19

Construction

• All construction to resume and essential workplace limits lifted.

• Includes land surveyors.

Retail

• In addition to retail operating online, or with curbside pickup and delivery, all retail can open under the following restrictions and guidelines:

o No indoor malls.

o Must have a street-front entrance.

o Open in-store by appointment and/or by limiting the number of people in the store at any one time. Retailers would need to restrict the number of customers per square metre to ensure physical distancing of 2 metres at all times.

o Only fitting rooms with doors would be used, not curtains, to facilitate disinfecting. Retailers will nee to restrict use to every second fitting room at any one time to allow for cleaning after use and ensure physical distancing.

Vehicle dealerships and retailers

• Vehicle dealerships and retailers, including:

o New and used car, truck, and motorcycle dealers.

o Recreational vehicle (RV) dealers (e.g., campers, motor homes, trailers, travel trailers).

o Boat, watercraft and marine supply dealers.

o Other vehicle dealers of motorized bicycles, golf carts, scooters, snowmobiles, ATVs, utility trailers, etc.

Media operations

• Office-based media operations involving equipment that does not allow for remote working. This includes:

o Sound recording, such as production, distribution, publishing, studios.

o Film and television post-production, film and television animation studios.

o Publishing: periodical, book, directory, software, video games.

o Interactive digital media, such as computer systems design and related services (e.g., programming, video game design and development).

• Media activities that can be completed while working remotely have been encouraged to continue during the Restart phase.

• Filming or other on-site activities, especially those that require the gathering of workers, performers or others are not permitted to resume in Stage 1.

Scheduled surgeries (public and private facilities)

• Non-emergency diagnostic imaging and surgeries in public hospitals, private hospitals and independent health facilities, clinics, and private practices to resume based on ability to meet specified pre-conditions including the MOH framework: A Measured Approach to Planning for Surgeries and Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic, contains clear criteria that must be met before hospitals can resume scheduled surgeries.

• Scheduled surgical and procedural work to resume once “Directive #2 for Health Care Providers (Regulated Health Professionals or Persons who operate a Group Practice of Regulated Health Professionals)” is amended or revoked, which relies on hospitals meeting criteria outlined in A Measured Approach to Planning for Surgeries and Procedures During the COVID-19.

Health services

• Allowing certain health and medical services to resume, such as in-person counselling and scheduled surgeries based on the ability to meet pre-specified conditions as outlined in A Measured Approach to Planning for Surgeries and Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic, as well as resuming professional services such as shifting Children’s Treatment Centres from virtual to in-person.

• In-person counselling to resume including psychotherapy and other mental health and support services. Some of these services were available in-person for urgent needs. For example:

o Addiction counselling

o Crisis intervention

o Family counselling

o Offender rehabilitation

o Palliative care counselling

o Parenting services

o Rape crisis centres

o Refugee services

Community services

• Libraries for pick-up or delivery.

Outdoor recreational amenities

• Marinas can resume recreational services.

• Pools will remain closed.

Individual recreational sports

• Outdoor recreational sports centres for sports not played in teams will open with limited access to facilities (e.g., no clubhouse, no change rooms, washrooms and emergency aid only). Examples of sports centres include:

o Tennis courts

o Rod and gun clubs

o Cycling tracks (including BMX)

o Horse riding facilities

• Indoor rod and gun clubs and indoor golf driving ranges.

Individual sports competitions without spectators

• Professional and amateur sport activity for individual/single competitors, including training and competition conducted by a recognized Provincial Sport Organization, National Sport Organization, or recognized national Provincial training centres (e.g., Canadian Sport Institute Ontario) with return to play protocols in place and no spectators, except for an accompanying guardian for a person under the age of 18 years.

• This includes indoor and outdoor non-team sport competitions that can be played under physical distancing measures. This includes:

o Water sports on lakes and outdoor bodies of water.

o Racquet sports such as tennis, ping pong, badminton.

o Animal-related sports such as dog racing, agility, horse racing.

o Other sports such as: track and field, car and motorcycle racing, figure skating, fencing, rock climbing, gymnastics, etc.

• Swimming pools will remain closed. As a result, water-based sports competitions are excluded if not conducted on lakes or outdoor bodies of water.

• High-contact sports are not allowed even if they are non-team. These include sports where physical distancing cannot be practiced such as:

o Racquetball, squash, boxing, wrestling sports, martial arts, etc.

Professional services related to research and development

• Professional services related to conducting research and experimental development in physical, engineering and life sciences including electronics, computers, chemistry, oceanography, geology, mathematics, physics, environmental, medicine, health, biology, botany, biotechnology, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, pharmacy, veterinary and other allied subjects. For example:

o Agriculture, food research, horticulture or botany, entomological, forestry, livestock, veterinary research and development laboratories.

o Bacteriological, biotechnology, chemical, nanobiotechnology, pharmacy, genetics, genomics, computational biology, research and development laboratories.

o Computer and related hardware, electronic, telecommunication research and development services.

o Geology, oceanographic, pollution research and development, and astronomical observatories.

o Mathematics research and development.

o Industrial research and development laboratories.

• These examples are listed for clarity. Most if not all these services are already permitted under the “Research” section of the List of Essential Workplaces.

Emissions inspection facilities

• All emissions inspection facilities for heavy diesel commercial motor vehicles, including mobile inspection facilities.

Veterinary services

• Veterinary services can resume all services by appointment.

Animal services

• Pet grooming services.

• Pet sitting services.

• Dog walking services.

• Pet training services.

• Training and provision of service animals.

• Effective May 16, 2020, businesses that board animals (e.g., stables) may allow boarders to visit, care for, or ride their animal.

Indoor and outdoor household services

• Private households could now employ workers on or about the premises in activities primarily concerned with the operation of the household such as:

o Domestic services: housekeepers, cooks, maids, butlers, personal affairs management, nanny services, babysitters, other domestic personnel, etc.

o Cleaning and maintenance service: house cleaning, indoor/outdoor painting, window cleaning, pool cleaning, general repairs.

Maintenance

• General maintenance, and repair services can resume, and are no longer limited to “strictly necessary” maintenance.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/full-list-of-businesses-that-can-reopen-in-ontario-1.4921154