03 Schools closed, new restrictions Lockdown Ontario closes schools until Jan. 17, bans indoor dining and cuts capacity limits Full Full list of Ontario COVID-19 restrictions for starting Jan. 5 20 Ontario lifts restrictions Ont 3-step Ontario announces three-step plan to gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions Ont details Full list of what's reopening in Ontario and when as COVID-19 restrictions gradually lift 22 Ont death rate high Ns N.S. reports 82 people in COVID-19 hospital units on Saturday Mtl Quebec reports drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations on Saturday, 68 deaths Ont Ontario reports over 4,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 47 more deaths Omicron Toronto musician Joe Dent contracted the Delta variant in July of 2021, and the Omicron variant in December. His symptoms were mild and he’s received two doses of COVID-19 vaccination Border Canadians now have to be fully vaccinated to cross the U.S. land border 23 Trucker convoy protest over vaccine mandates Truckers Anti-vaccine-mandate truck convoy passing through Alberta on way to Ottawa Ont Ontario reports 604 in intensive care due to COVID-19, 57 new deaths Us church COVID-19 has taken a toll on churchgoing in America as country shifts its views on religion Mandates COVID-19 vaccine mandates will worsen trucker shortage, affecting consumers, experts say 24 Ontario's COVID-19 case count surpasses 1,000,000, deaths top 11,000 despite 91% vaxxed Que COVID-19 vaccine passport now required at big-box stores in Quebec Ont school 111 Ontario schools reporting staff and student absence rates above 50% Ont Ontario's COVID-19 case count surpasses 1,000,000, deaths top 11,000 despite 91% vaxxed 25 Absentee Worker absenteeism -- not trucker vaccine mandates -- impacting store shelves: Metro Tor-hosp Gardens Province gives green light for community gardens to operate in Toronto Guelph Open letter to the U of G raises concerns on return to in-person learning Teachers Some Ontario teachers refuse work over COVID-19 concerns at schools

26 Mandate A COVID-19 vaccine mandate in schools could harm many low-income kids Ont Ontario reports 608 patients in intensive care with COVID-19, 89 new virus-related deaths Alberta Alberta reports three cases of new COVID-19 subvariant, more hospitalizations, deaths 27 Views Scientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized Truckers Ottawa police prepare for trucker protest against federal vaccination mandate UK Britain drops most COVID-19 restrictions, including masks and vaccine passports Jt Justin Trudeau says he is isolating after learning of COVID-19 exposure Bc B.C. reports 13 more COVID-19 deaths, 141 in intensive care 28 Omicron Omicron does not show a faster viral clearance in vaccinated people compared with unvaccinated ones and infectivity period doesn’t appear shorter than other forms of COVID-19: public health Kiribati COVID-19 hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet Ont More than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 reported in Ontario this month 29 Hk Hong Kong allows hamster pet stores to reopen after COVID-19 cull 30 Que Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations keep declining as province prepares to reopen 31 Uk Britain to scrap compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers Ba2 Omicron subvariant BA.2 more infectious than ‘original’, Danish study finds - evades vaccine