Good Afternoon All, The Premier has just announced that we will be moving into Step 1 of the reopening plan as of 12:01am this coming Friday, June 11. Below is the full release from the Province and it includes what is allowed in this first reopening stage (see bold copy) so please take a few minutes to read through it. As a quick overview: Non-essential retail can open with 15% capacity Essential retail can increase capacity to 25% Outdoor restaurant…

To All Broadview Danforth BIA Members, East Toronto Health Partners will be operating a pop-up vaccine clinic on Thursday, June 3 at Frankland Community School (816 Logan Ave) that will give priority access to individuals 12+ who work/live on or around Danforth Avenue. The clinic opens at 3 p.m. until vaccine supply runs out. It will offer first doses only. Individuals 12+ who live/work/attend school in any “M” postal code will also be welcome at the clinic. This includes students…

Good Morning All, Some of you have reached out asking for clarification on what you can and can't do between June 2nd and June 14th. This Wednesday, June 2nd the Stay At Home order will be lifted - basically that means that people can leave their home for non-essential reasons HOWEVER all other rules remain in place - no in-store shopping at non-essential stores, no outdoor dining etc. On June 14th certain things will be allowed including limited outdoor dining…

Good Afternoon All, I have a few things to share before we end this week and start a new one. Anti-masker lawsuits: In the past couple of weeks there's been an increase in people who don't believe in wearing masks launching lawsuits against businesses who won't allow them into their business without wearing a mask. I'm pretty sure that most of you would have let me know if this has happened to you but... just in case, please let me…

Good Afternoon All, I know that most of you are aware that we've had a few more break and enters over the long weekend. This is an on-going issue throughout the City in recent months. Over the past few weeks there's been an increase in incidents just south of us on Queen East plus the incidents in our own BIA. I've spoken to our area police again this morning and they asked that I once again remind each of to:…

Good Morning Folks, The Province has just approved moving forward with the administration of AstraZeneca as a second dose for those who received AZ as their first shot. I know that many of you in our BIA were able to get AZ as your first shot from our member pharmacies. Full information from the Province is included at the end of this email. There have been some studies that recommend waiting for 12 weeks between your first AZ shot and…