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OTTAWA—The federal government is planning to transfer $2 billion more to the provinces to pump more money into the safe reopening of schools, the Star has learned.
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament, he didn’t just shut down politically sensitive hearings into the WE Charity contract and Canada-China relations.
This is the week of the huge mistake that is the virtual Republican National Convention, and my decision to watch the hyperactively strange enterprise every night was equally foolish.
Being on the frontlines of a pandemic has not been easy for Canada’s health care workers. Scores of health workers have exposed themselves to COVID-19 as they worked to care for and protect others from a deadly virus, while being forced to self-isolate and stay away from their families.
Tests reveal another 100 Ontarians have caught COVID-19, down five from the previous day, but with three more critically ill patients placed on ventilators to help them breathe, the Ministry of Health reported Tuesday.
Students, parents and teachers in Ontario will venture into new territory this September with the reopening of schools amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.