ONTARIO MOVES TO STEP 2 JUNE 30

After less than three weeks since we launched into Step 1 of the province's Roadmap to Reopen, it's been announced that on June 30 at 12:01am, Ontario will move to Step 2. This is good news as tourist season begins in many of our communities.

Here's what's involved for the next 21 days:

• Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to 25 people

• Indoorsocial gatherings and organized public events for up to 5 people

• Outdoor dining for up to 6 people per table

• Essential and other select retail permitted at 50% capacity

• Non-essential retail capacity at 25%

• Stores in shopping malls open, with restrictions

• Larger indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services at 25% capacity

• Outdoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services, capped at the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres

• Overnight camps

• Personal care services where face coverings can be worn at all times at 25% capacity

• Outdoor fitness classes are capped at the number of people who can maintain 3 metres of distance

• Public libraries permitted at 25% capacity

• Outdoor meeting and event spaces at 25% capacity

• Outdoor amusement and water parks at 25% capacity

• Outdoor sports games, leagues and events at 25% capacity

• Outdoor cinemas, performing arts, live music events and attractions at 25% capacity

• Outdoor horse racing and motor speedways at 25% capacity

Even with a vaccination rate of more than 70 percent and the drop in the number of COVID-19 cases across the province, masks are still mandatory and physical distancing is in effect.