Niagara school boards report two new COVID-19 cases in schools
Two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Niagara schools.
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Niagara hotel providers join fight against sex trafficking as province proposes new legislation
Hotel providers in the Niagara Region and across Ontario could be called on to join help fight against human trafficking.
It’s the high road for Niagara cattle farmer as rare Scottish breed enjoys new popularity amid pandemic
Kim McQuhae of Gryphon Ridge Highlands is a rare breed among Niagara’s farmers. In Niagara-on-the-Lake, on 10 acres of land sandwiched between lucrative vineyards, McQuhae is breeding hardy, rustic bulls and cows hailing from the Scottish Highlands.
The unfinished business of preparing Canada’s power grids for extreme weather
The Canadian electricity sector’s ability to withstand extreme weather events fuelled by climate change is a “work in progress,” says the head of the industry group representing power generation and transmission companies.
Gates at odds with Oosterhoff over Niagara’s vaccine shortage
Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates is demanding answers from the provincial government regarding Niagara’s vaccine shortage.
NDP MPP Says Outsourcing of Employment Services Could Hurt Immigrants
New Democratic Party (NDP) MPP for Windsor West Lisa Gretzky is raising the alarm about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s policy to contract out employment services, heavily used by immigrants, to foreign companies and to dissolve other supports. Ontario’s government assures the reforms will deliver employment services that surpass current system levels.
Documentary explores plastic pollution in Lake Ontario Kingston to NOTL
Shoreline, a 45 minute documentary by A Greener Future, aims to bring awareness to plastic pollution in Lake Ontario. An advanced virtual screening will also act as a fundraiser to allow A Greener Future to continue their clean-up efforts along the lake’s shoreline, including here in Kingston.
Hirji behind Grey-lockdown rating recommendation for Niagara
The Ontario government has announced Niagara will be moving into the Grey tier of the province’s COVID-19 framework, in part due to a recommendation from Mustafa Hirji, the region’s acting medical officer.
NOTL winery and St. Catharines’ Brock University team up for lessons in science and art
Brock University’s oenology and viticulture students can now work a wintertime icewine placement, thanks to a one-of-a-kind co-op program between Brock and Pillitteri Estates Winery. According to Melissa Beamer, manager of talent development and engagement at Brock, the co-op originated …
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Niagara is only region in the grey-lockdown zone that allows businesses to open at 25%
Pandemic restrictions will loosen in 27 Ontario health units next week as the province moves ahead with a reopening plan criticized in light of projections showing a likely third wave of COVID-19 in the near future without strict protections in …
Read MoreNiagara is only region in the grey-lockdown zone that allows businesses to open at 25%