Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night. Meanwhile, sources familiar with cabinet's decision said the stay-at-home order would take effect at 12:01 a.m. In the stay-at-home order that was in place in Ontario in February, schools were explicitly excluded. "I think we made massive moves last week by basically shutting down the entire province," Ford said during a news conference Tuesday afternoon. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)Pressure has grown in recent days on the Ford government to tighten public health measures and ensure better protections for the province's essential workers.

Source: CBC News April 07, 2021 03:05 UTC