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Red dresses hang in the trees at Niagara’s post-secondary institutions to symbolize missing and murdered Indigenous women

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red dresses hang in trees on the Brock University campus

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

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Dunnville hospital

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Haldimand War Memorial 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

How will temporary foreign workers be impacted by new travel restrictions?

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Toronto Pearson airplane

With new travel restrictions being imposed on travellers entering Canada, many questions have been raised over the impact it might have on migrant workers coming to work on Niagara’s farms and vineyards. In addition to providing proof of a negative test result for COVID-19 prior to boarding a flight to Canada, the federal government recently announced that … Read more

No ‘mass testing’ plan as Niagara students set to return to class

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Ontario to reopen most schools on Monday, Toronto, Peel, York on Feb. 16

Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, confirmed Niagara students would return to in-class learning next week, but school boards are still waiting to hear the plan for targeted asymptomatic testing.