World-renowned infectious disease expert Dr. Gabriel Leung was among the first to predict the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in January and he says the worst is far from over. FROM: CP24Continue Reading
Academic integrity experts say instructors must change how they assess students online during pandemic Giacomo Panico · CBC News · Posted: Jun 19, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 19 As universities and colleges shift classes online during the COVID-19 pandemic, some experts are warning instructors to change their teaching approach in order to curbContinue Reading
Bonjour tout le monde. Hello everyone. I want to start by congratulating all of the new, non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. And although Canada isn’t one of them, I want to take a moment to talk about our work on the file. As Canadians know, we embarked onContinue Reading
TORONTO, June 13 (Xinhua) — A video speech competition titled Global Youth Challenge: COVID-19 was held in Mississauga of Canada on Saturday. The audience saw 17 chosen finalists speak and answer questions to a panel of judges Saturday morning after more than 700 students aged between 14 and 19 fromContinue Reading
More people will be able to get back to work as additional businesses and services in certain regions across Ontario can begin reopening this Friday. The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and local medical officers of health, is enabling more regions of the provinceContinue Reading
The Government of Canada is working closely with partners to ensure Canadians have access to the information, resources and supplies they need to stay safe and healthy in response to COVID-19. Today, the Government of Canada launched a new web hub to bring together available resources for organizations buying andContinue Reading
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has condemned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s failure to call out the “reprehensible” actions of U.S. President Donald Trump as protests escalate over anti-black racism. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Trudeau “needs a spine” and should show more courage in the face of aggressive actions byContinue Reading
With the number of active COVID-19 cases continuing to decline, Alberta may be able to speed up plans to move into Stage 2 of its relaunch strategy, Premier Jason Kenney says. Final decisions have not been made, but Albertans can expect an announcement early next week, Kenney said Wednesday atContinue Reading
International medical graduates who’ve passed their exams to practise in Canada, or have graduated from school in the past two years, can now apply for a supervised 30-day medical licence in Ontario to help fight COVID-19. The short-term licence, called a Supervised Short Duration Certificate, allows some foreign-trained physicians and domestic medicalContinue Reading
Ontario Premier Doug Ford personally drove his pickup truck to a warehouse on Sunday afternoon in order to pick up 90,000 masks that a company had donated to the province. Dental Brands, which is a company located in Markham, texted the premier to say they were donating 90,000 masks toContinue Reading
