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SASKATOON Three cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at two Saskatoon schools. According to Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, someone at Georges Vanier Catholic Fine Arts School and two individuals at École St. Peter School have tested positive for coronavirus. In a news release, the division said the Saskatchewan Health Authority informed it of the positive cases on Tuesday. Risk of exposure for anyone not considered a close contact is low, the division said. The affected classes will switch to online instruction starting Wednesday.
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SASKATOON Fourth year education students are getting ready to join substitute teacher rosters across the province in an almost unprecedented move prompted by the current subbing shortage due to the pandemic. It comes as very welcome news to Bailey Harvey who is finishing up an education degree at the University of Saskatchewan. “It’s super exciting because we’ve never been able to that before,” Harvey told CTV News. The last time a mass exception like this was made, was during the Second Wolrd War according to Association Dean at the College of Education Dawn Wallin. “Some teachers have taken early retirement, some have left and substitutes are choosing to go into the schools or not, during a pandemic. So you have all these factors in play and it’s definitely being driven by the pandemic,” Wallin told CTV News.