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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sault Ste. Marie News

Ontario to lay out 'legal parameters' of stay-at-home order today

Ontario to lay out 'legal parameters' of stay-at-home order today

As of tomorrow, residents will have to stay home except for essential purposes such as grocery shopping, accessing health care and exercising
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Elementary school attendance ‘low to medium’

Elementary school attendance ‘low to medium’

Numbers higher in outlying Algoma district, Huron-Superior board states
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Ford: ‘Bad actors’ flouting emergency orders will be fined

Ford: ‘Bad actors’ flouting emergency orders will be fined

Premier says he ‘couldn’t be any clearer’ as worst-case scenario predicts 15,000 cases a day. ‘If that isn’t scary enough, I don’t know what is’
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Local long-term care worker frustrated as province yet to deliver promised pandemic pay raise

Local long-term care worker frustrated as province yet to deliver promised pandemic pay raise

Overworked, underpaid, more staff needed, local PSW says
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What the new state of emergency means for retailers

What the new state of emergency means for retailers

Workers who can work from home should be working from home, province says
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New Ontario COVID-19 restrictions have some implications for local schoolchildren

New Ontario COVID-19 restrictions have some implications for local schoolchildren

Kids will have to wear masks even outdoors if physical distancing not possible; mask-wearing rule imposed on younger kids
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Healthcare leaders are not exempt from COVID guidelines, says Ontario Nurses' Association

Healthcare leaders are not exempt from COVID guidelines, says Ontario Nurses' Association

Statement comes after Sault Area Hospital president visits B.C.
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COVID-19: Ontario declares state of emergency

COVID-19: Ontario declares state of emergency

A stay at home order is effective Thursday
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WATCH: Second state of emergency declared, including stay-at-home order

WATCH: Second state of emergency declared, including stay-at-home order

Watch the livestream feed of the press conference here
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CANADA: Border travel restrictions extended to February 21

CANADA: Border travel restrictions extended to February 21

'This will keep people on both sides of the border safe,' says Trudeau
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