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Ontario Driving Economic Growth in Southwestern Ontario. LONDON – The Ontario government is providing TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario with up to $115,900 in funding through the latest intake of the Rural Economic Development (RED) Program to launch the Rural GROW Accelerator. The Rural GROW Accelerator is a 12-week program that will help ...
Deadlines for Renewing Your Driver and Vehicle Products
Mar 1, 2020 · Regular driver’s licence renewals will resume March 1, 2022. Senior drivers aged 80 and over (Class G/M) Senior drivers aged 80 and over with driver’s licences that would otherwise have expired between March 1, 2020, and February 28, 2022, must renew their driver’s licences by February 28, 2022. Ontario has paused the Senior Driver’s ...
Ontario Raising Minimum Wage to Support Workers
Mar 28, 2024 · Quick Facts. Under the Employment Standards Act, Ontario’s minimum wage increases annually based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation that represents changes in prices experienced by Ontario consumers. The CPI rose by 3.9 per cent, resulting in an increase in the minimum wage of 65 cents an hour, to $17.20. Ontario’s new minimum wage will be the second highest ...
Ontario Launches New Tool to Connect People to Nurses ...
Apr 22, 2022 · Quick Facts. The number for Health Connect Ontario is 811 and it can be accessed by mobile phone, telephone landline or teletypewriter (TTY.) Telehealth and other Ontario health care service numbers will continue to operate, including numbers to find a local doctor or nurse practitioner, support to quit smoking and a referral for vaping cessation services, nutrition counselling by a registered ...
Ontario Updating Public Health Measures and Guidance in …
Dec 30, 2021 · Updated Testing and Isolation Guidelines in Response to Omicron. In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ontario is updating its COVID-19 testing and isolation guidelines. These updates follow recent changes in other jurisdictions in Canada and the United Kingdom to ensure publicly funded testing and case and contact ...
Ontarians Can Now Visit Local Pharmacies for Paxlovid Prescriptions
Dec 8, 2022 · TORONTO — The Ontario government is giving people more convenient access to care by allowing pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment option used to reduce severe outcomes from COVID-19. All Ontarians are strongly encouraged to keep up to date with vaccinations, which remains the best way for people to stay healthy this flu ...
Free Flu Shot and New COVID-19 Vaccines Available ... - Ontario …
Oct 29, 2023 · TORONTO — Starting tomorrow, October 30, Ontarians will be able to receive their free flu shot and the new, most recent COVID-19 vaccine at local pharmacies, public health units and primary health care providers across the province.Staying up to date on vaccinations continues to be the best way for people to stay safe and healthy this respiratory illness season and avoid unnecessary visits ...
Ontario Begins Automatic Licence Plate Renewals
Jun 26, 2024 · HAMILTON — The Ontario government is making life easier and more convenient for more than eight million drivers by becoming the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce automatic licence plate renewals. The change takes effect on July 1, 2024 and will save vehicle owners time, amounting to more than 900,000 hours every year.
Ontario Breaks Ground on World-Leading Small Modular Reactor
In December 2021, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy was named as OPG’s technology development partner to deploy a BWRX-300 SMR at the Darlington new nuclear site. Ontario currently has 15 nuclear reactors in operation – and three reactors under refurbishment – at three sites, providing over 50 per cent of the province’s clean electricity.
Ontario Eliminating Licence Plate Renewal Fees and Stickers
Feb 22, 2022 · Eliminating renewal fees will save vehicle owners $120 a year in southern Ontario and $60 a year in Northern Ontario for passenger and light commercial vehicles. Vehicle owners should update their address before March 7, 2022 in order to receive a refund for fees previously paid by the end of April 2022. Physical licence plate stickers have ...