Tag: Ontario government
KEEP ME COVERED: Who’s done with masks – and who’s still wearing them
Face masks were the most visible sign of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some still wear them. For others, it’s a relic.
Thames Valley trustees reject call to bring back masks in schools
Despite struggling to keep schools open and high levels of staff absent, trustees on the Thames Valley District school board voted down a motion to bring in a mask mandate, taking their lawyer’s advice to leave the decision up to the province.
Ontario government opening $6M trades training centre in Strathroy
STRATROY – Ontario will open a $6-million training centre in Strathroy to make it easier for the region’s rural students to enter skilled trades. The centre, which the province said will have state-of-the-art equipment, will offer classes and training to apprentices and secondary and elementary school students in careers such as mechanic millwright, welding and […]
London hospital set for $10M expansion, eyes 3,000 more surgeries annually
The province is giving London Health Sciences Centre $10 million to fund a surgical centre that will help the hospital complete 3,000 more procedures each year, including 500 more hip and knee replacements.
Province signs off on capital funding for city’s supervised drug use site
The Regional HIV/AIDS Connection has secured provincial funding to turn a former York Street music store into a supervised drug-use site, a milestone in a project that has taken years, the agency’s executive director says.