Niagara Regional Council voted Thursday to extend Niagara’s temporary face-covering by-law, which was set to expire on April 1, 2021. The by-law requires masks in all enclosed public spaces in Niagara and aligns with orders issued by the province under the Reopening Ontario Act. The by-law will automatically expire when provincial requirements are no longer … Read more
Niagara Region Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in student residences at Brock University. There are currently 12 cases that are part of this outbreak, it said in a news release Friday. After learning the number of individuals testing positive for COVID-19 went from one on Wednesday, March 24 to 10 on Thursday, Brock University … Read more
The Ontario government is moving the City of Hamilton public health region to the Grey-Lockdown level.
Ontario reports 2,169 new COVID-19 cases with 12 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 61 cases with no new deaths.
Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to book enough blood donors for its Good Friday donation clinic in Smithville.
Niagara Catholic District School Board has made a “tough decision” to stop offering core French to students in grades 1 to 3.
Niagara Region Public Health has advised the District School Board of Niagara that three new COVID-19 cases have been detected at the board’s schools including one in Pelham.
After changing its garbage collection program last October, Niagara Region staff say progress has been made in achieving some of the goals they set with the changes.
Ontario reports 2,380 new COVID-19 cases with 17 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 25 cases with no new deaths.
