The Listowel BIA
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Ontario is moving to Step Two of the Reopening Plan on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. More information about Step Two can be found below. Our Coordinator continues to primarily work from her home office but is available by appointment, via email at lschaefer@northperth.ca or by phone at 519-444-8233. Please reach out to us at anytime. |
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Ontario Moving to Step Two of the Roadmap to Reopen on Wednesday, June 30, 2021!
Based on the provincewide vaccination rate and continuing improvements in key public health and health system indicators, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, will move the province into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
Waterloo Region has announced it will not move into Step 2 with the rest of Ontario next week.
Step Two of the Roadmap to Reopen focuses on the resumption of more outdoor activities and limited indoor services with small numbers of people where face coverings are worn, with other restrictions in place. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 25 people;
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 5 people;
- Essential and other select retail permitted at 50 per cent capacity;
- Non-essential retail permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Personal care services where face coverings can be worn at all times, and at 25 per cent capacity and other restrictions;
- Outdoor dining with up to 6 people per table, with exceptions for larger households and other restrictions;
- Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at up to 25 per cent capacity of the particular room;
- Outdoor fitness classes limited to the number of people who can maintain 3 metres of physical distance;
- Outdoor sports without contact or modified to avoid contact, with no specified limit on number of people or teams participating, with restrictions;
- Overnight camps for children operating in a manner consistent with the safety guidelines produced by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health;
- Outdoor sport facilities with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor concert venues, theatres and cinemas, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor horse racing and motor speedways, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor fairs, rural exhibitions, festivals, permitted at 25 per cent capacity and with other restrictions.
The full press release can be found HERE.
The Ontario Roadmap to Reopen Regulations can be found HERE.
The Ontario Roadmap to Reopen Plan can be found HERE.
Waterloo Region news article on not moving to Step Two is HERE.
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Rapid Test Screening Available at the North Perth Chamber of Commerce!!!
The North Perth Chamber of Commerce continues to be a distributer of rapid test kits for our businesses.
Details include:
- FREE for all businesses in North Perth with less than 150 employees!
- Pick up kits (by appointment only) at the Chamber office
- Asymptomatic employees test themselves twice per week
- Get results in 15 minutes!
- Those who test positive or inconclusive must go for a lab-based PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test at a local site
The Chamber launched this program on Monday, May 31, 2021. Visit their website to sign-up at
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Please reach out to us if you have any questions, comments, or require assistance. We will continue to promote supporting local during this time through various channels including social media, radio and print.
You can reach Lisa Schaefer, Coordinator, by email at lschaefer@northperth.ca or by phone at 519-444-8233.
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©Municipality of North Perth, 330 Wallace Ave. N., Listowel ON N4W 1L3
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