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Cilliers, Roland, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 15 Nov 2020     Minister of Education explained that keeping school open was an overwhelming priority for both government and public health and that Public Health would provide any direction if this needed to change

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 8 Apr 2021     The Ontario Government has announced that Ontario schools will remain open during the province's four week stay- at- home order, with added safety precautions. The province stated in a news release t

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 8 Apr 2021     The Ontario government says it is introducing new measures to protect schools against COVID-19 which include refresher training, enhanced cleaning and asymptomatic testing. As these new measures are

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 12 Jan 2022     The launch of school-based vaccine clinics for youth and staff has been announced, along with a significant deployment of rapid antigen tests.

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 1 Feb 2021     As more students return to class today, the Ontario government says it is providing an additional $381 million, provided through the federal Safe Return to Class Fund, to keep schools safe from COVID

Lindsay Advocate, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 3 Feb 2021     In an effort to keep schools safe from COVID-19, the Ontario government invested an additional $381 million provided by the federal Safe Return to Class Fund. This funding was used to improve air qua

Rushowy, Kristin, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Jul 2020     Ontario was the first province in Canada to mandate that students, starting in Grade 4, would wear face masks all day when returning to school in Fall 2020. Younger kids were also encouraged to do so

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 18 Aug 2020     Ontario principals asked for more time for school openings in September 2020, and they also asked that school start be staggered across the week of September 17 - 21 with only a small amount of stude

Rushowy, Kristin, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Mar 2020     On recommendation from Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams, Ontario schools closed for two weeks following March Break (beginning March 23, 2020) to fight COVID-19. This closure would

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 19 Aug 2020     Trillium Lakelands District School Board and Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board decided to do staggered start days for the first week of school. The PVNCCDSB was looking into the possibility a

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 18 Nov 2021     The provincial government announced it is distributing 11 million rapid antigen screening tests to all public schools ahead of the December break to add an additional layer of protection over the hol

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 30 Dec 2021     Ontario is mandating third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for workers in long-term care and offering fourth doses to residents in wake of the spread of the Omicron variant. Officials also announced sc

Lindsay Advocate, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 12 Apr 2021     The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association put out a media release from teachers calling on Ford to prioritize the vaccination of teachers, education workers, and other essential workers in h

Walker, Jennifer, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 17 Jan 2021     A local mother of two felt let down by the education system as she struggled to keep up with her children's schooling without internet access and with uneven support from the school board.

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 17 Dec 2020     Health experts predict a an abysmal January, February and March for COVID-19 infections if citizens allowed "pandemic fatigue" to take over and refused to continue practicing cautious over the 2020 C

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 8 Jan 2021     Trillium Lakelands OSSTF's Colin Matthew strongly objected to the school board sharing a letter in which Minister Stephen Lecce claimed all educators received mandatory training for online teaching.

Monsebraaten, Laurie, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 9 Jun 2020     Ontario child care centres were allowed to reopen as early as June 12, 2020, but advocates said that without additional funding, the province asked for the impossible.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 1 Nov 2021     While the local Catholic school board calls on the province to mandate vaccines for students, trustees express concern that such mandates could be contributing to current staffing shortages in school

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 3 Feb 2021     At a recent press conference, Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams were vague on key school issues. One question was who would be administering the

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 18 Dec 2020     The local public school board was caught between rumours of school shutdowns and a provincial lockdown. Schools were expected to reopen on January 4, 2021 with no indication of any closures occurring