Ontario Premier Doug Ford. (File).
THUNDER BAY - Students, teachers, and education staff should find out Wednesday afternoon if they will be returning to the classroom before the end of the academic year.
Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Minister of Health Christine Elliott and Minister of Education Stephen Lecce to make an announcement at 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
According to reports by both CTV News and the
Toronto Star, sources have indicated the provincial government is leaning toward keeping schools closed until September, but Elliott said no final decision had been made as of Tuesday.
Families across Ontario have been waiting for an announcement on whether or not schools would reopen this year or remain under virtual learning until September.
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THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has announced four new COVID-19 cases, along with 13 cases considered to be connected to variants of concern.
The latest figures, unveiled on Monday, bring the region’s total number of cases to 3,241, with 52 considered active.
There have been 122 cases tied to variants of concern.
Of the new cases, two are considered to reside in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas and the other two live in First Nations communities, which have been particularly hard hit over the past week-and-a-half.
Since May 28 there have been 31 cases attributed to First Nations and just 10 in Thunder Bay and surrounding area.
Officials report Wednesday 13 potential variant cases, along with four new cases of COVID-19 .
The active case count drops to 52.
In Ontario, 733 new cases of coronavirus, along with 25 deaths.