Niagara COVID-19 vaccination clinics expanded, include two dates in Grimsby
New Niagara Region vaccine clinic dates have been added in April, including two new dates in Grimsby.
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Ontario’s delayed school break on shaky ground amid surging COVID-19 cases
Ontario’s students and teachers have been holding out for their delayed March break since it was deferred six weeks ago amid what was then considered a dangerously high rate of COVID-19 spread. Those numbers are much higher now and that break is in question. “I don’t want to predict two weeks out, but we’ll be out here … Read more
West Niagara COVID-19 vaccination clinics start Saturday in Grimsby
Niagara Region Public Health is holding a vaccination clinic today in Grimsby, however it is fully booked. But more West Niagara clinics will be held across West Niagara this week. The Grimsby clinic is open from 9:30 am to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday at the Niagara West YMCA at 325 Main St. East in … Read more
New food dryer on its way to Niagara Christian Gleaners from U.S.
For a little over two years, the Niagara Christian Gleaners have answered a global cry for food in impoverished countries by shipping out millions of servings of nutritious, dehydrated vegetables in sea containers.
Gates calls on premier to include Niagara’s ‘urgent priorities’ in budget
St. Catharines MPP Jennie Stevens and Niagara Falls MPP Wayne Gates have issued a letter to Ontario chief medical officer Dr. David Williams, calling on Niagara to be immediately included in the pharmacies vaccination rollout.
Ontario discloses public employee salaries over $100K for 2020
The Ontario government has disclosed 2020 salaries for all public employees that earn $100,000 or more in the province.
Ontario’s long term care funding will add 288 beds in the Niagara region
Ontario plans to spend $933 million to create more beds — including 288 in the Niagara region — in long-term care and upgrade facilities in the sector that’s been devastated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Weight of the world’ lifted as City of Welland backs off farmland expropriation
Last summer, the ticking lull of a grandfather clock inside of Marsha Rempel’s Welland farmhouse became a tone of foreboding, counting down the remaining seconds of Rempel’s time on her family’s farmland.
1,500 Niagara teachers vaccinated to keep special-ed students in class
Niagara Region Public Health and Niagara Health have vaccinated approximately 1,500 educators who directly support students with special needs.
Feds and province spend $330K to boost horticulture research in Vineland
The provincial and federal government are spending $330,000 to support research projects that increase capacity and productivity in the horticultural sector at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (VRIC).