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With a mandatory stay-at-home order set to come into effect at midnight this evening across Ontario, millions of people are scrambling to figure what, exactly, they can and cannot do under the new rules — and through no fault of their own.
Doug Ford's provincial government hasn't exactly made things clear, except to say on Tuesday that nobody should leave their home for "non-essential" reasons beginning at 12:01 a.m. on January 14 for a period of 28 days.
Retail hours are reduced for non-essential stores, which have already been closed to the public in Toronto for nearly two months, while gathering limits have been lowered to a maximum of five people outdoors — all of whom would need "essential" reasons to see each other, based on what was announced yesterday.