COVID-19 outbreak declared at Dunnville hospital

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?

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

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.

Niagara schools to reopen for in-class learning Monday

back to school

Niagara students along with several schools in Southern Ontario will return to in-class learning Monday, education minister Stephen Lecce said today. “Following the best medical advice, with the clear support of both Ontario’s and the local Medical Officers of Health, we are reopening schools across the province knowing that we have taken additional steps and … Read more