Brampton CAO David Barrick, who was fired from his job in Niagara following a series of controversies and a hiring scandal that rocked the region, gave $218,259.50 worth of City contracts to a man named Tony Quirk, one of his closest allies when the two served on Niagara Region Council together.
Ontario reports 2,557 new COVID-19 cases with 23 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 104 cases with no new deaths.
In an effort to support local vaccination efforts, Niagara College donated an “ultra-low” temperature freezer to Niagara Region Public Health for vaccine storage.
The Town of Lincoln said there is no vaccine clinic in Linon on Saturday. The province scheduled it on its portal by mistake, a town advisory says. The Apr. 3 clinic had been listed in the provincial COVID-19 vaccine registration portal and was also showing on the Niagara Region website. People had scheduled to … Read more
Ontario reports 2,333 new COVID-19 cases with 15 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 68 cases with one new death.
Niagara’s two largest school boards are reporting 44 active cases of COVID-19 tied to 28 schools across seven municipalities.
Ontario reports 2,336 new COVID-19 cases with 10 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 55 cases with no new deaths.
New Niagara Region vaccine clinic dates have been added in April, including two new dates in Grimsby.
Ontario’s students and teachers have been holding out for their delayed March break since it was deferred six weeks ago amid what was then considered a dangerously high rate of COVID-19 spread. Those numbers are much higher now and that break is in question. “I don’t want to predict two weeks out, but we’ll be out here … Read more
