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The Official Opposition is again calling on government to provide more details on a program for people raising children who are not their own.

Northwood is not forcing staff to receive the vaccine, and Stenton said he couldn’t comment on whether the facility plans to mandate this policy down the road. This legal minefield is one that’s on the forefront of many employers as they attempt to navigate this peculiar moment, labour lawyer James Green shared on Thursday. But the precedent, he admits, is still rather muddied. “There's a good argument that vaccinations policy, which require vaccinations as a condition of employment, would be upheld especially in high-risk workplaces,” Green said. But, he cautioned, this...

  HALIFAX -- Northwood says they have received confirmation of a presumptive case of COVID-19 in a staff member who works at the company's Halifax campus. A news release sent Tuesday afternoon says the staff member contracted the virus in the community and they are now self-isolating. Northwood says they have notified public health and are following their directives and moving forward with contact tracing and increased swabbing and testing of residents and staff. "We are taking full precautionary measures as directed by public health, and will continue all of our robust infection preven...

Author of the article: Hannah MacLeod Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021  •  March 12, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Joy Specker, a resident at Gateway Haven Long-Term Care in Wiarton, celebrates getting the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Over 200 residents and staff were given the second vaccine dose Tuesday at Bruce County's long-term care homes in Wiarton and Walkerton. Photo supplied. Article content On Tuesday, March 2, 128 residents and 7 staff members at Brucelea Haven Long Term Care Home (Walkerton, ON) and 86 residents and 13 staff members at the Gateway Haven ...

Author of the article: Greg Cowan Publishing date: Mar 08, 2021  •  March 8, 2021  •  5 minute read  •  Joy Specker, a resident at Gateway Haven Long-Term Care in Wiarton, celebrates getting the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Over 200 residents and staff were given the second vaccine dose Tuesday at Bruce County's long-term care homes in Wiarton and Walkerton. Photo supplied. Article content Residents and staff at long-term care homes in Grey-Bruce are nearing the end of the COVID-19 vaccination process and receiving second doses across the region. However, acco...