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.
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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 out of an existing relationship between Brock and Pillitteri Estates. Normally, students could work in … Read more
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 place. The province announced Friday what restrictions would take effect in public health units leaving … Read more
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.
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
Niagara schools to reopen for in-class learning Monday
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
Ontario reports 1,172 new COVID-19 cases, but data issues persist; Niagara reports 53
Ontario is reporting 1,172 new cases of COVID-19 today but officials note that updates to the provincial case-management system are causing data fluctuations.