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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Ontario Strengthening Emergency Preparedness. TORONTO — The Ontario government is expanding its support for local emergency readiness with a second round of funding for the Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG) for 2024-25. This new $5 million investment will help equip municipalities and organizations with essential resources ...
Ontario Raising Minimum Wage to Support Workers
WEBMar 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 ... - Ontario …
WEBApr 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 …
WEBDec 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 …
Deadlines for Renewing Your Driver and Vehicle Products
WEBMar 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 ...
Ontarians Can Now Visit Local Pharmacies for Paxlovid Prescriptions
WEBDec 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 …
Ontario Increasing Minimum Wage to $16.55 an Hour
WEBMar 31, 2023 · A worker making the general minimum wage and working 40 hours per week will see an annual pay increase of nearly $2,200. There were 942,400 workers earning $16.55 per hour or below in 2022, the majority of whom are women. This minimum wage increase builds on the government’s work to make …
Ontario's Action Plan Doubles Ontario Small Business Support Grant
WEBMar 25, 2021 · Quick Facts. Eligible businesses can apply for the Ontario Small Business Support Grant, as well as the Main Street Relief Grant for Personal Protective Equipment and the Property Tax and Energy Cost Rebate Grants through a single, hassle-free online application.; Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our Economy brings total investments to $16.3 billion to protect people ...
Ontario Expanding Learn and Stay Grant to Train More Health Care ...
WEBJan 20, 2023 · LONDON — The Ontario government is connecting over a dozen underserved and growing communities with more health care workers by expanding the Learn and Stay grant.The grant, which was announced in March 2022 for students who enrol in nursing programs, will also include paramedic and medical laboratory technologist programs in priority communities.
Ontario Making it Easier and More Convenient to Connect to …
WEBOct 4, 2023 · Working together with Ontario Health, the province has already approved 57 out of 58 Ontario Health Teams across the province that over time will help people experience easier transitions from one provider to another, with one patient record and one care plan being shared between providers. To support this work, the government is investing over $128.2 million to provide every Ontario Health ...
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