{"id":15767,"date":"2021-04-16T23:58:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15767"},"modified":"2021-04-17T00:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T00:08:17","slug":"catastrophic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15767","title":{"rendered":"catastrophic&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15772\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-copy-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-copy-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario will be &#8220;setting up checkpoints&#8221; along its borders with Manitoba and Quebec in a bid to limit the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus across the province, Premier Doug Ford announced Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a news conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/covid-19-ontario-april-16-2021-new-restrictions-modelling-1.5990092\">the&nbsp;premier said the province is struggling in its battle &#8220;between the variants and vaccines&#8221;<\/a> and that stronger measures were necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its variants of concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said the changes along the provincial borders would take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, April 19.&nbsp;Jones said incoming travellers not meeting a list of prescribed exceptions will be turned back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-w.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15773\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-w.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-w-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distraction-w-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also announced Friday that Ontario will extend an existing stay-at-home order to last six weeks, instead of the planned four \u2014 a move&nbsp;a panel of experts had publicly recommended earlier in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The province is also giving police new powers to enforce public health orders, with police having&nbsp;the authority to ask anyone outside their residence to indicate their purpose for leaving home and to provide their address. That includes stopping vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new police measures drew immediate condemnation from civil liberties activists<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So<strong>urce: CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Apr 16, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distrcopy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15771\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distrcopy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distrcopy-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doug-distrcopy-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-catastophic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15776\" width=\"1000\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-catastophic-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-catastophic-1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-catastophic-1-768x561.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario will be &#8220;setting up checkpoints&#8221; along its borders with Manitoba and Quebec in a bid to limit the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus across the province, Premier Doug Ford announced Friday. 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