OTTAWA Schools in Ottawa reopen for in-person learning on Monday, new COVID-19 testing requirements for international travellers and a new proposal to expand the Chateau Laurier. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at five stories to watch this week. All schools in Ottawa and eastern Ontario will reopen this week for in-person learning. It s the first time students will be in the classroom for in-person classes since the start of the Christmas Break in December. New safety protocols in schools to limit the spread of COVID-19 include mandatory masks for all students in Grades 1-3 in classes and on buses. Kindergarten students are strongly encouraged to wear a mask.
Luzerne County and Northeast Pennsylvania will have some clout in Harrisburg this legislative session as several legislators have been named to chair committees.
Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, of Lehman Twp., will once again serve as the majority chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Her colleague, Sen. John Yudichak, I-14, of Swoyersville, will be the majority chair of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee.
State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-121, of Wilkes-Barre, will continue as Democratic chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
State Rep. Michael Carroll, D-118, of Avoca, will remain as Democratic chair of the House Transportation Committee.
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Criminal investigation launched into north-west landslide
A criminal investigation has been launched into a devastating landslide which transformed a natural beauty spot in the north-west into a murky “black porridge”.
Shocking footage of the incident in Mid-November was viewed by thousands online as it showed thousands of tonnes of peat slipping downstream from the top end of the Mourne Beg River in Donegal.
John McCartney, director of conservation and protection at the Loughs Agency, told the Stormont Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on Thursday (January 21) that the resulting damage had been so significant that it had affected fisheries downstream in Northern Ireland several miles from the site.
The new Reform-Center coalition will replace several chairmen of the Riigikogu s committees.
Mart Võrklaev, chairman of the Riigikogu faction of the Reform Party, told ERR candidates for chairman of the Riigikogu s committees were also assigned during the negotiations between the parties.
It was agreed the minister and the chairman of the committee would come from different parties. For example, Center has the minister of foreign affairs position so Reform has the chairman of the foreign affairs committee.
The coalition s candidates are:
European Union Affairs Committee: Siim Kallas (Reform);
Environment Committee: Yoko Alender (Reform);
Culture Committee: Aadu Must (Center);
Rural Affairs Committee: Tarmo Tamm (Center);