Posted: Mar 13, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 13
Guerina Morra, 81, gets her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Caboto Terrace in Toronto on Thursday. Experts say the confusion around vaccine safety recommendations is unfortunate given the number of unvaccinated seniors in Canada at risk of severe COVID-19 complications.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Martin Tower redevelopment construction could start by the end of 2021
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
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Construction on the redevelopment of Martin Tower could be underway by the end of 2021, the site’s owner told the Bethlehem Planning Commission on Thursday evening.
The developers are asking the city to tweak the zoning rules governing the redevelopment of the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. world headquarters to allow for more parking near proposed medical buildings, the addition of a new Eighth Avenue entrance and a slightly denser development.
The commission voted unanimously to recommend Bethlehem City Council endorse all three changes, despite the city planning department’s advice to reject the request to allow more parking in front of the buildings. City council is set to hold an April 20 public hearing on the matter.
WINNIPEG Deaths in long-term care homes account for around half of all COVID-19 fatalities in Manitoba. It’s a stark reminder of the devastating toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on vulnerable and elderly people. Looking back over the past year, advocates, experts and families point to a system they feel was unprepared for a threat hidden in plain sight one that some relatives say wasn’t taken seriously until it was too late. “We’re all going to end up in places like this at one point or another,” said Alvin Cadonic, who has an aunt and an uncle living at Maples Personal Care Home. “Really, we’re just fighting for own futures as well as the futures of our relatives that can’t advocate on their own.”
‘Stand up for our children.’ Rally calls for reopening all Easton area schools 4 days a week
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
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A group of residents say the need to get children back into Easton area classrooms outweighs the risk that they may spread COVID-19.
The four residents have set up a ‘call to action’ rally for 3 p.m. Saturday, March 13, in Easton’s Centre Square.
The Easton Area School District has children coming in two days a week and learning online the other three days. The school board voted Tuesday to bring kindergarden-through-second grade back four days a week but there’s no set date to execute that plan. Superintendent David Piperato expects to issue an updated plan early next week.
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