Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Friday they expected boards to follow the directives from Ontario s Chief Medical Officer of Health.
Some parents in Waterloo Region don t feel safe sending their kids back to school once classes resume on Wednesday. Many want more planning and instruction before a return to in-person learning from the holiday break.
Kwanzaa Today is the second day of a seven day celebration Habari Gani is Swahili for what s the news? and is the greeting each day for Kwanzaa observers from December 26th to January 1st. The next seven days is a time dedicated to honoring African American and Pan-African culture and traditions.
The name comes from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, which means first fruits, and is a reference to the children who will grow and ripen to respect African traditions .
Kwanzaa was created in 1966, after the Watts riots in Los Angeles, by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a black nationalist, and professor of Pan-African studies at California State University at Long Beach. Dr. Karenga was looking for a way to bring Black Americans together as a community.