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16.03.2022 / 21:59

Canada poised to end pre-arrival COVID-19 testing for travellers: sources

Canada is expected to announce an end to pre-arrival COVID-19 testing for vaccinated travellers, two federal government sources told Global News.

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Tourism, business groups call on Canada to lift COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated travellers

federal government to remove the pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirement for fully vaccinated international travellers, arguing that the measure is no longer necessary at this point in the pandemic.Representatives from several organizations held a press conference in Toronto Thursday morning, saying that removing the restriction is necessary to allow the tourism and business sectors to fully recover.“Businesses are becoming more confident that we are past the need to rely on restrictive measures like lockdowns to manage the virus,” said Lindsay Broadhead, the senior vice-president of communications and public affairs at the Toronto Region Board of Trade. Feds scrapping pre-arrival COVID PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers “To realize the full opportunity, we must, where it is safe to do so, remove restrictions that are no longer needed.

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Trudeau warns Canadians against splitting vote in dead heat federal election

Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival implored supporters to stay the course and avoid vote splitting that could hand their opponent victory.Both men campaigned in the same seat-rich Toronto region on Saturday as they tried to fend off voter defections to the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) and the populist People’s Party of Canada (PPC), both of which are rising in polls.The latest Sondage Leger poll conducted for the Journal de Montreal and the National Post newspapers put the Conservatives one percentage point ahead of Trudeau’s Liberals, with 33 per cent over 32 per cent. The NDP was at 19 per cent while the PPC was at 6 per cent.

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Ontario says there are no plans to roll out a vaccine passport

Despite calls from the Toronto Region Board of Trade for vaccine passports to help safely reopen the economy and boost tourism, Ontario’s medical officer of health says they aren’t needed because of the high vaccination rate.

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COVID-19: 2 new cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 12,320, including 254 deaths.Local public health also reported nine new cases of a coronavirus variant on Tuesday, bringing that total to 4,955, including 25 that are active. Toronto Region Board of Trade calls for vaccine passports for non-essential activities The new cases are in both Midland and Innisfil and involved people who are under 17 years of age.The Innisfil case is community-acquired, while the Midland one is still under investigation.Meanwhile, 66.7 per cent of the region’s population has received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 42.1 per cent has received both necessary doses.

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Toronto Region Board of Trade calls for vaccine passports for non-essential activities

vaccine passport system for non-essential business activity.Quebec has signalled it will require vaccine passports for non-essential activities by September and Manitoba is issuing vaccine cards to fully immunized people.Jan De Silva, CEO of the board, says vaccine passports are the only way to safely re-open larger events like business conferences and will help revive tourism.

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City of Toronto launches ‘playbooks’ to help businesses plan for return to offices

City of Toronto has launched a campaign to help encourage workers to return to the downtown core.In partnership with the Toronto Region Board of Trade, the city has released “playbooks” that offer businesses reopening recommendations such as smaller elevator capacities and the staggering of work hours to reduce crowding.Small and medium-sized businesses in certain areas will also be given access to free COVID-19 screening kits as part of the campaign.

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COVID-19 patients being transferred to Waterloo Region, Guelph hospitals continues decline

COVID-19 who are being transferred to area hospitals from the Toronto region continues to head in the right direction.Two weeks ago, a release from St. Mary’s General Hospital (SMGH) said that 33 patients had been transferred to hospitals in Kitchener, Guelph, Cambridge and Fergus over the previous week.

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Ontario reports 3,166 new COVID-19 cases but says possible underreporting due to technical issue

COVID-19 cases on Friday. The provincial total now stands at 486,223.However, the ministry of health noted that “due to a technical issue with the laboratory data feed, today’s case count may be underreported for the Central East, Central West and Toronto regions.”According to Friday’s report, 876 cases were recorded in Toronto, 817 in Peel Region, 300 in York Region, 205 in Durham Region, 148 in Hamilton and 139 in Halton Region.All other local public health units reported fewer than 125 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 8,236 as 23 more deaths were recorded.

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Canada to send support to virus-hit province

Canada will funnel additional health staff and equipment into virus-hit Ontario as the province battles a worrying spike in Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.

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‘We are in an emergency situation’: NDP calls on province to make schools safer over April break

COVID-19 in the lead-up to spring break.A year into the pandemic, Andrea Horwath says classrooms and school buses are still crowded and physical distancing is impossible due to class sizes.As the province gets ready for spring break next week and as some school boards in the greater Toronto region have temporally closed due to COVID-19, Horwath is calling on the Progressive Conservatives to make the necessary changes needed to keep students and teachers safe.She and other NDP MPPs have said front-line works like teachers and educational assistants need to be prioritized for vaccines during the break.“From the get-go, this premier has not wanted to spend the money to put in place the necessary measures to keep our schools safe,” Horwath

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Toronto lost $8.35B in tourist activity due to 1st year of COVID-19 pandemic

Destination Toronto, the COVID-19 pandemic has cost the city’s economy $8.35 billion due to a drop in tourism and hospitality spending.Some of the hardest hit sectors include:Also lost from reduced tourism was $1.44 billion in unrealized tax revenue for the federal, provincial and municipal governments. Coronavirus: Toronto’s tourism industry likely to lose billions in revenue, officials say Destination Toronto said the analysis comes from the “visitor economy study” that was released in late 2019 produced by Tourism Economics (in partnership with the Toronto Region Board of Trade).

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Toronto home price average tops $1 million; just a garage a small fortune

In spite of a pandemic, or perhaps because of it, home prices in the Toronto region are now selling for an average of more than $1 million. Selling prices shot up by 15 per cent in the last year.

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64% of downtown Toronto employees say they’re comfortable returning to the office: survey

COVID-19 pandemic.When it comes to getting back to the actual office, however, a new survey suggests many people who work in Toronto’s downtown core are comfortable returning.According to the survey conducted by Nanos for the Toronto Region Board of Trade, 64 per cent said they are comfortable returning to work.When it comes to some of the reasons, 16 per cent cited they like the energy and culture, 14 per cent said convenience was top of mind, and 13 per cent said they liked the amenities available.As for potential challenges: 23 per cent said they had no concerns about going back, 13 per cent said traffic was a worry, and 12 per cent said COVID-19 was a concern.

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Coronavirus: Empire speeds up launch of online grocery service in Greater Toronto Area

Empire Co. Ltd. is accelerating the launch of its Voila online grocery home delivery service in the Greater Toronto Area and expects to start tests later this month.

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