The Ontario government is launching the COVID-19: Tackling the Barriers website to help businesses overcome the unique challenges created by the global pandemic. Businesses working to retool their operations to produce health-related products, or those that want to continue their operations in this new environment of physical distancing, can submit any potential roadblocks to the website. The province is prepared to allow ...

Alleluia !  Christ is Risen ! Christ is Risen Indeed !  Alleluia Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for May 03, 2020 – Fourth  Sunday of  Easter.    Acts 2: 42-47          The believers share everything in common    Psalm   23               God is my shepherd    1 Peter 2: 19-25      Christ’s example in suffering. ...

Aujourd’hui, Stephen Lecce, le ministre de l’Éducation, a fait la déclaration suivante au sujet de la ratification des ententes centrales avec la Fédération des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’élémentaire de l’Ontario (FEEO) et la Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA), ainsi qu’avec les travailleurs en éducation de la FEEO et le Conseil des associations d’employeurs (CAE) : « Je ...

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to the ratification of the central agreements with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA), and the ETFO Education Workers and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA): “I would like to congratulate ETFO, OPSBA and the CTA for the ratification ...

La crise de la COVID-19 (Coronavirus) et les efforts pour contrer ce virus ont entrainé l’interruption de plusieurs activités dans la province ainsi que la fermeture de toutes les écoles en Ontario.   En raison des mesures gouvernementales prises pour contrer la propagation de la COVID-19, toutes les écoles élémentaires et secondaires du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon ainsi que son ...

  Depuis le début avril, le personnel du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon a assuré la distribution d’outils d’apprentissage à plusieurs élèves sur l’ensemble de son territoire. On a pu ainsi fournir des tablettes iPad à des élèves de l’élémentaire et des ordinateurs portables à des élèves du secondaire. Alors que les familles du Grand Sudbury se sont rendus au siège ...

The Ontario government released A Framework for Reopening our Province, which outlines the criteria Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and health experts will use to advise the government on the loosening of emergency measures, as well as guiding principles for the safe, gradual reopening of businesses, services and public spaces. The framework also provides details of an outreach strategy, led by ...

The leaders of OPSEU are applauding Premier Doug Ford and his government for increasing the pay of a large number of frontline public sector workers in recognition of the vital and dangerous work they’re doing during the pandemic. “The Premier has said he wants to support frontline workers, and he’s keeping his word,” said OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “This ...

The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $2.5 million to help the agri-food sector expand online, providing more opportunities for producers to grow their business and offer more food choices for families who are shopping from home during the COVID-19 outbreak. The funding is being provided through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership). The Agri-Food Open for ...

I think we can all agree that the Walking Challenge this year has to look a little different due to COVID-19. We continue to encourage everyone to continue to use proper hand hygiene, STAY HOME, STAY SAFE and STAY HEALTHY and if you need to leave your home for essentials then continue to physically distance. Enough about that though, this ...

On the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is introducing new and amending some emergency orders under subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to better support Ontario’s long-term care homes and deafblind community. The orders would allow for the redeployment of staff to ensure they can work where they are needed most ...

The Ontario government is partnering with the federal government to provide urgent relief for small businesses and landlords affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The province is committing $241 million through the new Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (OCECRA). The total amount of provincial-federal relief that would be provided is more than $900 million, helping to ensure small businesses are ...

  The Wawa Family Health Team realizes that staying at home during the pandemic can be tough, especially if you want to get some physical activity. It’s important to know that you can still get some exercise by going for a walk, as long as you maintain your physical distance from others. Dr Robinson explains how in this video. This ...

Ontario is delivering a new COVID-19 Action Plan for Vulnerable People to better protect vulnerable populations during the outbreak of COVID-19. This plan builds on the government’s previous actions to protect people living in high-risk settings, including homes serving those with developmental disabilities, shelters for survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking, children’s residential settings, and those residential settings supporting vulnerable Indigenous ...

The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) and its members working in long-term care facilities are relieved that the ruling of the Superior Ontario Court today orders four long-term care homes to immediately rectify several serious health and safety issues that have resulted in devastating COVID-19 outbreaks. “It is truly a huge relief to know that after exhausting all other avenues, the ...