Good Morning All,
It is a good news Thursday! The Province announced this morning that we are moving into Step 2 earlier than scheduled. We will be in Step 2 as of 12:01am next Wednesday, June 30/21.
This means that our salon members who have been completely closed since the end of last November will finally get to reopen!
Our restaurant members will be able to serve 6 people at an outdoor table; our non-essential retailers can increase their customers to 25% capacity; and our essential retailers can increase to 50% capacity.
Here is the full list of what can happen in Step 2 - please take a minute to review this list.
- 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.
Please view the regulation for the full list of public health and workplace safety measures that need to be followed.
Thanks,
Susan