New Ontario retail rules cause confusion for shoppers, hope for small businesses
As Ontario residents settle in to another stay-at-home order, retailers big and small are also adjusting to the new rules.

As Ontario residents settle in to another stay-at-home order, retailers big and small are also adjusting to the new rules.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting a ‘significant increase’ in new COVID-19 cases in the region’s younger population.
Windsor-Essex elementary students will be asked if they passed their COVID-19 screening when they return to in-person learning after spring break.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is informing the public about a potential COVID-19 exposure risk at a local pharmacy.
Windsor Regional Hospital and Erie Shores HealthCare are obligated to "ramp down" non-urgent, elective/scheduled care and procedures, as well as ambulatory clinics, in accordance with a new Ministry of Health directive to Ontario hospitals.
Ontario will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to migrant farm workers arriving at Toronto's international airport through a pilot project this weekend, The Canadian Press has learned.
Essex County Library branches are ready to keep young minds active now that the long-awaited spring break for students is upon us.
Decommissioned fire hoses that used to help fight forest fires are getting new life at the Pinery Provincial Park.
The federal government is spending $6.1-million to help 34 food processing companies upgrade in southwestern Ontario.
Canada is in a tough situation as COVID-19 variants are spreading and cases are rising amid a third wave of the pandemic but, along with the rest of the world, it will overcome the ongoing crisis with increased vaccinations, says Dr. Peter Singer, a special adviser to the director general of the World Health Organization.
Gun salutes were fired across Britain on Saturday to mark the death of Prince Philip as tributes flooded in for a man who was a pillar of strength for Queen Elizabeth during her record-breaking reign.
Following Prince Philip's death at Windsor Castle at the age of 99, here’s what we know about the yet-to-be-formalized plans for his funeral.
Canada recorded 9,244 new COVID-19 cases on Friday as provinces across the country struggle to contain spreading variants.
Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said Friday. He was 99.
Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme speaks with former governor general David Johnston about the life and legacy of Prince Philip.
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch reacts to the news that the COVID-19 infection rate in Canada will likely exceed the U.S.
Then-Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten were married at Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.
A B.C. distillery is being taken to court for offering up a product that is allegedly a little too close to the original.
Donna Sound has the story of a four-year-old equestrian prodigy full of unbridled talent and big Olympic dreams.
Ayanna Williams' fingernails were measured at 24 ft, 0.7 in, before cutting them for the first time in 30 years.