Mr. Thomas Kelly Godden passed away Friday, April 16, 2021 in his home with his family by his side after a courageous battle with cancer.
Tom was born on February 7, 1942 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Tom met his future wife, Eileen Shonoski in 1964 and fell in love over coffee, fries and gravy at Fero’s restaurant. They got married in 1966. Together they had three beautiful children, Michael, Susan and Paul.
Tom attended Teachers College and taught his first year in Sault Ste. Marie returning home in 1966 for a position with the Catholic School Board. While teaching, he attended Lakehead University and obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Masters of Education.
The federal and provincial governments are giving a total of nearly $60 million to five local school boards for infrastructure upgrades in the fight against COVID-19.
In a news release Wednesday afternoon, the feds and the province said the $56.8 million in funding will go toward retrofitting and upgrading schools and attached child-care facilities across the region.
The release said projects could include renovating HVAC systems to improve air quality, installing water bottle refilling stations to boost access to safe drinking water and reconfiguring rooms with features such as new walls and doors to enhance physical distancing.
The funding will be allocated to the boards as follows:
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Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches has warned that Ottawa is on the brink of moving from the “orange” to the “red” zone, as key COVID-19 indicators are heading in the wrong direction. She has expressed specific concern about people once again gathering in groups of 10 indoors and 25 outdoors, as allowed under the current rules.
Rather than imposing additional restrictions on businesses or locking them down yet again, I would suggest that the province simply impose stricter limits on private social gatherings in all zones under the colour-coded framework. Unmonitored gatherings are responsible for much of the community spread of COVID-19, and people tend to relax their behaviours if they are permitted to do so under the rules in place.