COVID-19 pandemic.The Ministry of the Attorney General has said courtrooms will reopen gradually, with the goal of having all courtrooms operational by November 1.The initial plan was to have 149 courtrooms in both the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice open today for trials and preliminary inquiries in 44 locations, but on Saturday the ministry announced that two of those locations were not yet ready to reopen.
Ontario Crown attorneys seek to delay return to court over coronavirus fears It says the College Park courthouse in Toronto and the Guelph courthouse did not have the necessary health and safety precautions in place.In the courthouses that are reopening, there will be plexiglass barriers in courtrooms,.