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Stage 3 Requests from Toronto

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The city wants mandatory face coverings for staff and patrons of restaurants and bars

The City of Toronto is asking Ontario's premier for six changes to the province's Stage 3 reopening order when it comes to eat-in dining and drinking.

The request comes in a letter from Mayor John Tory to Doug Ford and among the requests, the city wants mandatory face coverings for staff and patrons of restaurants and bars.

It also wants customers to have to remain seated, earlier closing hours, and all patrons logged.

While much of the province has moved to Stage 3, Toronto and other areas, including Windsor-Essex, remain in Stage 2 for now.

Tory says he knows Ford is also worried about a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

— With files from The Canadian Press