Greater Sudbury news

• COVID cases at Marymount Academy, Pius XII school

  24-01-2021 15:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Marymount Grade 7B and Native Language class asked to self-isolate, as has the Grade 1 class at Pius XII
  
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• Vaccine portal to have 'soft launch' in six Ontario regions this week: source

  01-03-2021 10:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Ontario's website for booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments will begin a "soft launch" in six public health units this week, two weeks before it becomes available across the province, The Canadian Press has learned.
  
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• The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Mar. 1, 2021

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Mar. 1, 2021. There are 866,503 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 866,503 confirmed cases (30,731 active, 813,778 resolved, 21,994 deaths).
  
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• New COVID-19 measures take effect in nine Ontario regions, two move into lockdown

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — New public health measures meant to limit the spread of COVID-19 went into effect across nine Ontario regions today, including two that are heading into lockdown due to rising case counts.
  
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• 'More pain:' Some Broncos families angry over request in court to delay lawsuit

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  A battle between lawsuits related to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to be heard in a Regina courtroom this week. Eleven lawsuits were filed after the crash on April 6, 2018.
  
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• Meng's defence team to argue for admission of evidence to bolster its case

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — The chief financial officer of telecom giant Huawei is set to return to the British Columbia Supreme Court today for arguments over the admission of evidence in her extradition case.
  
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• Mass COVID-19 vaccinations to begin in Montreal as province ramps up effort

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s mass vaccination campaign gets underway in earnest in the Montreal area today as the province begins inoculating members of the general public.
  
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• Long-term care minister was 'ahead' of top public health doctor on COVID: commission

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario's long-term care minister was aware of the dangers the novel coronavirus posed to the sector long before it was declared a global pandemic, a newly released transcript from the province's commission on the matter reveals.
  
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• Feds hoping for AstraZeneca shots this week as Pfizer-BioNTech prepare next delivery

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government hopes to start receiving doses of AstraZeneca’s recently approved COVID-19 vaccine this week as the flood of shots that flowed into Canada from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna last week partially subsides.
  
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• COVID-19 zaps electricity usage in Ontario as people stay home

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Demand for electricity in Ontario last year fell to levels rarely seen in decades amid shifts in usage patterns caused by pandemic measures, new data show.
  
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• Churches in court to challenge British Columbia's COVID-19 health orders

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A legal advocacy group challenging British Columbia's COVID-19 restrictions on worship services and public protests is scheduled to be in court today to argue its case.
  
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• A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Mar. 1, 2021

  01-03-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Mar. 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 46,624 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,882,952 doses given.
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL: How to avoid falling into 'techno traps' while distance teaching and learning

  01-03-2021 02:55 via sudbury.com
  
  There’s strong pressure to use more technology to capture student attention, but what about inviting students to adopt a contemplative posture?
  
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• Health unit reports 13 news confirmed cases of COVID-19 for Feb. 28

  28-02-2021 22:17 via sudbury.com
  
  There are now 53 active cases
  
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• From lockdowns to spring break, provinces split on next steps in COVID-19 fight

  28-02-2021 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Canada's pandemic hotspots are taking diverging approaches to handling the COVID-19 crisis, as Ontario prepares to trigger new lockdown measures in two public health units and Quebec enters a week of spring break.
  
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• Letter: We need action on opioids and we need it now

  28-02-2021 21:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Letter-writer is a downtown security guard whose brother died of an overdose in January. He wants to see less talk and more action on opioids
  
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• Video: Sudbury's Finnish bakery turns 60, watch their famous jelly pig donuts take shape!

  28-02-2021 19:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Leinala's Bakery shows us what goes into making the store's best seller
  
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• École Alliance St-Joseph in Chelmsford closed due to COVID-19

  28-02-2021 18:50 via sudbury.com
  
  School will be closed until March 12, students will return to class March 15
  
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• Quebec reports 737 COVID-19 cases, nine deaths as variant cases jump

  28-02-2021 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 variants in Quebec jumped by more than 100 on Sunday, on the eve of a ramp-up in the province's mass vaccination plan.
  
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• Quebec reports 737 COVID-19 cases, nine deaths as vaccination set to ramp up

  28-02-2021 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Quebec is reporting 737 new cases of COVID-19 and nine additional deaths due to the pandemic on the eve of a ramp-up in the province's mass vaccination plan. Four of the deaths occurred in the last 24 hours, while the rest took place earlier.
  
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• DANYLUK, Peter

  28-02-2021 18:33 via sudbury.com
  
  Peacefully passed away on Friday, February, 26, 2021 in Sault Ste. Marie at the age of 92. Beloved husband of the late Prima Danyluk (nee Dupuis). Loving father of Dennis (Debra) of Sault Ste.
  
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• Ontario surpasses 300,000 COVID-19 infections, allows vaccines for homeless

  28-02-2021 17:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Ontario reached the sobering milestone of 300,000 COVID-19 infections today after reporting 1,062 new infections and 20 more deaths linked to the virus.
  
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• Ontario reports 1,062 new COVID cases Sunday

  28-02-2021 17:21 via sudbury.com
  
  Sunday's new cases are down slightly from the 1,185 reported on Saturday
  
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• Vaccine tourism is both unethical and bad for business, experts say

  28-02-2021 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Executives who engage in so-called "vaccine tourism" show both an ethical disregard for those less fortunate and a surprising lack of business acumen, experts argue.
  
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• More confirmed COVID-19 cases at Rainbow schools

  28-02-2021 17:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Algonquin PS, Walden PS and Lo-Ellen all have one confirmed cases while MacLeod students on a bus route possibly exposed
  
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• Inuit midwives say they left after experiencing years of mistreatment

  28-02-2021 16:05 via sudbury.com
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — Cas Augaarjuk Connelly and Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak never wanted to stop working at a Nunavut birthing centre, but they say years of mistreatment, racism and a lack of support from their government left them no choice.
  
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• BARON, Marcelle

  28-02-2021 16:04 via sudbury.com
  
  BARON, Marcelle (née Gervais) C’est avec une grande tristesse que la famille annonce son décès à l’hôpital Horizon Santé-Nord à Sudbury le 25 février 2021 à l’âge d
  
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• WORLD: Biden-Trudeau meeting caps two and a half centuries of Canada-U.S. relations

  28-02-2021 15:25 via sudbury.com
  
  Biden and Trudeau agreed to work together on areas of mutual interest, including climate action and the COVID-19 pandemic
  
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• Faculty calling out Ross Romano for ‘inaction’ on Laurentian’s financial crisis

  28-02-2021 15:00 via sudbury.com
  
  ‘It is shocking that even now, when a public university is in free fall, he continues to stand by and watch’
  
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• Pornhub policies reveal legal gaps and lack of enforcement around exploitive videos

  28-02-2021 13:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Serena Fleites was in seventh grade when a sexually explicit video of her was uploaded to Pornhub.
  
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