TORONTO Schools in Peel Region are closed for in-person learning starting today. Dr. Lawrence Loh, the region s medical officer of health, has ordered schools in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga to move classes online. The closure will remain in place until April 18 and Loh says it may be extended if necessary. The top doctor in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph public health unit has ordered all schools to stop in-person learning starting tomorrow, with classes to return no sooner than April 19. In Toronto, the public health unit says it has recommended the closure of 20 schools as COVID-19 cases are investigated. The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association have also asked for schools in virus hot spots to move classes online until teachers can be vaccinated.
Thousands of Niagara school staff can get vaccinated against COVID-19 over April break
As many as 4,000 educators and others who work at District School Board Niagara sites can get their shots to protect against COVID-19 between April 10 and 18, according to a release from the board.
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Members of the Bjorgunasveit Search and Rescue Team look at a new fissure on a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland, Monday, April 5, 2021. Steam and lava spurted Monday from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of hikers who had come to see the spectacle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Marco Di Marco April 06, 2021 - 1:37 AM
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TORONTO Premier Doug Ford is set to provide an update on Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout Tuesday. The update comes a day after Toronto Mayor John Tory mulled taking on a targeted approach to vaccinating people in high-risk neighbourhoods and workplaces as case numbers in the city climb. Ontario is currently vaccinating the province’s elderly population and those working in highest-risk settings, like hospitals and long-term care homes. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) echoed Tory’s recommendation by calling on the government to begin vaccinating education workers and all other essential workers in the hardest-hit regions of the province.
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