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Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has sided with a group rallying in support behind a prominent epidemiologist serving on Ontario’s COVID-19 advisory panel, after the premier’s office said his affiliations with a teachers’ union is “deeply concerning.”
The latest events between Dr. David Fisman, a University of Toronto professor and epidemiologist, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office represent yet another rift between the medical community and the government, which has been criticized for its handling of the pandemic.
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Over 100,000 Ontario Students Return to In-person Learning
Over 100,000 students from several regions across southern Ontario returned to school on Monday for the first time since winter break. But they will have to follow stricter COVID-19 measures to keep themselves and school staff safe, according to the province’s education minister, Stephen Lecce.
In a statement released on Sunday, Lecce told schools in seven public health units that will reopen for in-person classes on Jan. 25, that the province has introduced “additional and tougher layers of protection” in its safety measures and protocols to keep students and staff safe, as advised by the province’s chief medical officer, Dr. David Williams.
A teachers’ union is calling for teachers and staff working with special needs students to be vaccinated against COVID-19, more than a week after many students…
TORONTO Schools in just seven public health units in southern Ontario will reopen to in-person learning on Monday while the rest will continue teaching students online, the province announced Wednesday.