Published Thursday, April 22, 2021 5:01PM EDT Amazon has been selected by the province as one of the first three workplaces that will run vaccination clinics in hot spot neighbourhoods in Peel Region. Peel Public Health announced Thursday that it is expanding its vaccination strategy to more settings in the coming weeks, including at select workplaces. Maple Leaf Foods and Maple Lodge Farms have also been chosen to host immunization clinics for their employees. These same workplaces will then operate local community clinics in partnership with the Region of Peel and community organizations, held at community centres, places of worship or other community hubs. Specific details on how to access workplace and community clinics will be shared once operational details are finalized. Employees at workplaces will be contacted directly by their employer, the statement reads.
Peel and Toronto order sweeping closures of all businesses with 5 or more coronavirus cases
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TORONTO Both Peel Region and Toronto will now require workplaces with five or more recent coronavirus cases to shut down for 10 days in most instances in a bid to stem spread of the virus in settings largely permitted to operate as normal during the Ford government’s third state of emergency. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh says that beginning on Friday, any business with five or more known COVID-19 cases occurring within a span of 14 days or fewer, where cases “could have reasonably acquired their infection at work,” or no other source of transmission can be identified, will have to shut down.
Cherry blossoms at Kariya Park in Mississauga are about to bloom and you can see them
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The beloved cherry blossoms in Toronto s High Park may still be weeks away from peak bloom, but the buds on the 65 Sakura trees in Kariya Park in Mississauga are just about ready to burst.
And just like Toronto, the City of Mississauga has set up a webcam to allow residents to admire the trees from the safety of their own homes starting today. We are thrilled to be offering this virtual experience again so that residents can enjoy our beautiful cherry blossoms no matter where they are, wrote Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie on Twitter Thursday.
Posted: Apr 10, 2021 5:55 PM ET | Last Updated: April 11
People demonstrated in Mississauga in response to a new report released by Ontario s police watchdog that cleared Peel Regional Police officers of any wrongdoing in the killing of Ejaz Choudry last summer. (Jessica Ng/CBC)
Seven people were arrested on Saturday at a demonstration in response to Ontario s police watchdog s ruling to not lay criminal charges against the officer who shot and killed Ejaz Choudry, a 62-year-old man with schizophrenia.
Choudry s family and community members gathered in Mississauga around 1 p.m. outside his apartment building, at the intersection of Morning Star Drive and Goreway Drive, where he was killed while having a mental health crisis last summer.
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