OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health wrapped up a fourth weekend of rapid COVID-19 testing blitzes targeting Ottawa s schools, on the eve of new requirements for asymptomatic testing of students and staff in schools. Starting Monday, school boards in Ontario will be required to conduct asymptomatic testing of staff and students in at least five per cent of schools within their jurisdiction every week. Education Minister Stephen Lecce tells CTV News Ottawa that while COVID-19 rates are low in schools right now, it s important to keep layers of protection in place. The first is the necessity to keep our guard up, because we re doing something right. I think parents, quite obviously, are helping to limit congregation of their kids, which is following our stricter protocol, said Lecce in an interview with CTV News at Six anchor Stefan Keyes.
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OTTAWA Ottawa s public school board wants permission from the Ontario government to create an Indigenous trustee position at the board. The Ottawa Carleton District School Board will vote on a motion Tuesday from Trustee Wendy Hough to write a letter to the Minister of Education to allow the board to have an Indigenous trustee. The OCDSB committee of the whole approved the proposal earlier this month. Hough says the board s goal is to develop a culture of caring within Ottawa s largest school board. We have committed to building a system capacity in equity and inclusive practice to support education, engagement, and reconciliation with historically marginalized groups, said Hough during an OCDSB committee of the whole meeting on Feb. 9.
OTTAWA Gatineau moves out of the red zone for the first time in four and a half months, the Fairmont Chateau Laurier expansion faces another vote and the clock is ticking for an Arnprior man to move his bunkie. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the five things to watch in Ottawa this week:
Gatineau moves to the orange zone Gatineau and the Outaouais move into the orange zone in Quebec s COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, after 134 days in the red zone. The city of Gatineau and the MRC des Collines-de-l Outaouais moved into the maximum red level on Oct. 10, while the rest of the Outaouais moved to the red zone on Dec. 17.
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