It's not exactly hockey as usual, but amateur leagues will continue in the Ottawa region — at least for now. The governing body that regulates amateur hockey across eastern Ontario says it will allow its modified programs to continue, in spite of an increase in COVID-19 cases across the province. Monday's announcement from Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO) comes two days after the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) said it would postpone all sanctioned activities until January 2021 due to rapidly rising COVID-19 infection rates in the GTA. On Saturday, October 3, the Greater Toronto Hockey League pulled the plug on sanctioned hockey activities, until January 2021, because of an increase in COVID-19 cases across the GTA. Instead, HEO will continue with its "return to hockey" plan, Hopkins said, one that lays out a series of COVID-19 protocols designed to prevent transmission.

Source: CBC News October 05, 2020 18:19 UTC