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On January 7, 2022, the Ontario government announced the Ontario COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant for small businesses that are subject to closure under the modified Step Two of Roadmap to Reopen. The government also announced the Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program, which will open on January 18, 2022.

Employers have until Jan. 25, 2022 to apply.

Special minimum wages for students under 18, homeworkers and hunting, fishing and wilderness guides have also increased.

Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Kieran Moore announced changes to the province's COVID-19 testing and isolation guidelines on Dec. 30, 2021.

Premier Doug Ford announced new COVID-19 restrictions will begin at midnight on Jan. 5, 2022.

Officials in Ontario's Ministry of Labour announced they are launching a COVID-19 inspection blitz on Dec. 18, 2021 to ensure businesses are following public health regulations.

In response to the rapidly-spreading and highly transmissible Omicron variant, the Ontario government announced Dec. 17 it is applying additional public health and workplace safety measures, including capacity and social gathering limits.

How a successful landscape business owner balances work, family and volunteerism - on the latest episode of the Landscape Ontario Podcast.

The Ontario government announced plans to raise the general minimum wage from $14.35 to $15 per hour, starting January 1, 2022.

The Ontario government released A Plan to Safely Reopen Ontario and Manage COVID-19 for the Long-Term on October 22, 2021.