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Ontario long-term care residents allowed to leave for day trips, overnight
Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes are once again allowed to leave for day trips or overnight stays, though the province says anyone staying out overnight will need to self-isolate on return. The Ontario government sayt it'...
Ontario teachers worry about implementing new math curriculum during pandemic
Ontario teachers are denouncing what they describe as the botched implementation of the province's new math curriculum, saying they've had little guidance on material they're expected to teach in just a few weeks. It would be a challenging task in the
Ontario school boards urged to spend air quality funding by Thanksgiving
TORONTO — School boards need to pick up the pace of air quality improvements as schools reopen this fall, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday, urging them not to move "on government time" as they rush to spend millions in
Kingston looking for ways to help homeless during the pandemic and beyond
KINGSTON, Ont. — Peter Hern rolls around Belle Park in his wheelchair. About a dozen tents and a few shacks dot the homeless encampment in Kingston, Ont., that he calls home. "This is a family here and we look out for each other," ...
‘It doesn’t happen by magic:’ top doc says teachers protected by COVID guidance
TORONTO — Teachers will not be at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 than other front-line workers as long as they strictly adhere to the newly issued guidance on managing outbreaks in schools, Ontario's top doctor said Thurs...
Funding to get First Nations kids back to school safely inadequate, critics say
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The federal government is under fire for what critics say has been a delayed response in getting back-to-school funding to First Nations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, Ottawa announced up to $2 billion in back-to-sch...
Ontario releases new COVID-19 guidance to manage school outbreaks
TORONTO — Ontario has released new guidance to parents and educators to help prevent and manage COVID-19 outbreaks in schools, including provisions that will not require ill students to take a test for the virus before returning to ...
Federal government gives Ontario $381 million to help with back-to-school plan
TORONTO — Ontario's controversial back-to school plan received an infusion of cash from the federal government on Wednesday, with at least $381 million being added to what Premier Doug Ford has already earmarked for the upcoming return to class. The fe...
University of Toronto research to explore racism in health care during pandemic
TORONTO — A new research project will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racialized communities as well as existing biases in the health-care system. The national project was launched by Roberta Timothy, an assistant profess...
Teachers’ unions ask Ontario for workplace safety orders as schools reopen
TORONTO — An escalating disagreement over school reopening safety standards between Ontario's major teachers' unions and Premier Doug Ford's government could be headed to the province's labour board, a letter to union members s...