New Lockdown Measures Begin in Ontario as Some Provinces Move Boxing Day Online

A worker posts fake “for lease” signage on a storefront in the Roncesvalles neighbourhood of Toronto as part of a protest against the Ontario government's pandemic lockdown rules, on Nov. 24, 2020. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston

Ontario began a provincewide lockdown today as several provinces are opting for online or scaled−down Boxing Day shopping to limit the spread of COVID−19.

The province has reported more than 2,000 cases 12 days in a row, including 2,142 new COVID−19 cases today and 2,159 cases from Christmas Day.