Category: Education

Western University says it has identified a long-term solution to concerns raised over a remote proctoring software used by the school, but the solution may not arrive soon enough for some students. After the COVID-19 pandemic shifted the majority of courses online, Western began using Proctortrack, a software aimed at preventing academic offences, such as […]

Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 19 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, along with 14 recoveries. The region’s pandemic case tally stands at 6,431, of which 6,080 have resolved. At […]

Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton Twenty-seven new coronavirus cases and 23 new recoveries were reported Saturday by officials with the Middlesex-London Health Unit. In addition, the number of cases in the region that have screened […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many Canadians’ mental health and spurred on boredom due to lockdowns. While multiple studies have looked at the increased consumption of alcohol during lockdown, what about cannabis? According to a study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 52 per cent of existing cannabis users reported an increase […]

The pandemic was barely a week old last march when two Toronto-area chefs began doing the math on a growing food crisis. Humber College had to shut down its culinary arts program as well as its cafeterias and was sitting on $50,000 worth of food it couldn’t use. And with so many Canadians off work, […]

Despite improving numbers, the province has left Waterloo Region in the red-control level of the province’s colour-coded COVID-19 pandemic response system for at least another week. Three other locales were shifted on Friday as Lambton was placed into the grey-lockdown zone,  the area covered by the Northwestern Public Health Unit moved into the red-control zone […]

The Ontario government has announced an increase in capacity limits for weddings, funerals, and other religious services and ceremonies being held in regions placed under the province’s grey lockdown level of restrictions in the COVID-19 response framework. According to a statement issued by officials, weddings, funerals, religious services, rites and ceremonies will be allowed to […]

Ontario long-term care homes dealing with staffing shortages and absentee leaders were more likely to have a higher risk of mortality during the first wave of the pandemic, an independent commission has heard. Researchers with the Canadian Institute for Health Information, an independent, not-for-profit organization, were asked by Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission to answer four questions […]

Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton Twenty-seven new coronavirus cases were reported Friday by officials with the Middlesex-London Health Unit. In addition, the number of cases in the region that have screened variant positive has risen […]

Lambton Public Health is moving into grey-lockdown on Monday in a bid to quell the region’s elevated case rates, the Ontario government announced Friday. Lambton is one of only three health unit regions moving into a different level of the province’s COVID-19 Response Framework next week and is the only one moving into grey-lockdown. The […]

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 12, 2021 1:14 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ SUDBURY, Ont. — Schools in the Sudbury, Ont., area are being ordered to move classes online starting Monday as the region enters a lockdown to counter concerning COVID-19 trends. The […]

Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) has declared an outbreak at St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School in Woodstock as three people connected with the school may have COVID-19. The London District Catholic School Board said the school is temporarily closed because the three cases affect staff in multiple classrooms throughout the school. “This decision to temporarily close […]