Ontario reports 1,076 new COVID-19 cases; Niagara Region reports an increase with 38
Ontario reports 1,076 COVID-19 new cases with 18 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 38 cases with one new death.
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Ontario education minister postpones March break to April 12
TORONTO — Parents, teachers and students are expected to learn Thursday afternoon whether March break will be cancelled for the province’s schools.
Ontario reports 945 new COVID-19 cases; Niagara Region reports another drop to 21
Ontario reports 945 COVID-19 new cases with 18 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 21 cases with four new deaths.
Ontario reports 1,072 new COVID-19 cases; Niagara Region reports 26
Ontario reports 1,072 COVID-19 new cases with 41 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 26 cases with no new deaths.
Integrity commissioner deems Grimsby mayor’s actions ‘trivial and without consequence’
After an investigation into an integrity commissioner complaint filed by a Grimsby councillor against Mayor Jeff Jordan suggested no corrective action be taken, council voted to further the investigation. At the Feb. 1 committee of the whole meeting, council along with the town’s integrity commissioner Charles Harnick discussed a complaint filed against Jordan by Coun. … Read more
Red dresses hang in the trees at Niagara’s post-secondary institutions to symbolize missing and murdered Indigenous women
In conjunction with Niagara College, Brock University is hosting a weeklong event to bring attention to the violence that plagues Indigenous women. The REDress Project, originated at University of Winnepeg in 2011 by Métis artist Jamie Black, has since been replicated nationwide. Empty red dresses signify the loss of life of thousands of Indigenous women, … Read more
Lincoln man among eight people on latest Niagara DUI offence list
Eight people are on the newly issued Niagara police list of drinking and driving offences for the period of Jan. 25 to Feb. 7.
New COVID-19 cases dropping: Ontario reports 1,022; Niagara cases drop to 13
Ontario reports 1,022 COVID-19 new cases with 17 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 13 cases with six new deaths.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Dunnville hospital
Two employees at Haldimand War Memorial Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the local health unit to declare an outbreak at the Dunnville hospital. Hospital CEO Sharon Moore said the two staff members are in self-isolation and no patients or residents of Edgewater Gardens — a retirement home adjacent to the hospital — have … Read more