{"id":54,"date":"2020-12-21T20:12:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/?p=54"},"modified":"2020-12-21T20:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:30:29","slug":"doug-ford-announces-province-wide-lockdown-across-ontario-starting-boxing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/2020\/12\/21\/doug-ford-announces-province-wide-lockdown-across-ontario-starting-boxing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ford announces province-wide lockdown across Ontario starting Boxing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-15px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-4px|auto||auto||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a second full province-wide lockdown Monday afternoon that will come into effect on Boxing Day. Doug said\u00a0&#8220;We saw this morning&#8217;s modeling that our COVID-19 numbers are continuing to accelerate at an alarming rate&#8230; despite restrictions, we&#8217;ve seen growing numbers of people traveling throughout Ontario.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-twitter ose-uid-0e04427b1b354070c61ba9753156a292 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Premier Ford announces province-wide lockdown in Ontario. Calls it a \u201ctemporary, but one-time measure.\u201d<br><br>Ontario is once again closed for business. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rn2Wyit7uQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Rn2Wyit7uQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Roberto Wakerell-Cruz \u271d\ufe0f (@Robertopedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robertopedia\/status\/1341089601956573186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span>Ford also expressed concerns over the new strain of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom. Serious questions should be raised that even allow politicians to behave like rulers. It&#8217;s time that they start facing the legal consequences and held personally accountable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a second full province-wide lockdown Monday afternoon that will come into effect on Boxing Day. Doug said\u00a0&#8220;We saw this morning&#8217;s modeling that our COVID-19 numbers are continuing to accelerate at an alarming rate&#8230; despite restrictions, we&#8217;ve seen growing numbers of people traveling throughout Ontario.&#8221; https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1341089601956573186 Ford also expressed concerns over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid19","category-dougford","category-lockdowns","category-uncategorized","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<title>Doug Ford announces province-wide lockdown across Ontario starting Boxing Day - The Daily News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/2020\/12\/21\/doug-ford-announces-province-wide-lockdown-across-ontario-starting-boxing-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doug Ford announces province-wide lockdown across Ontario starting Boxing Day - The Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a second full province-wide lockdown Monday afternoon that will come into effect on Boxing Day. 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