After 10 years, 10s of thousands dollars raised, Keith Keating memorial tournament sounds final buzzer cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Schools across Newfoundland and Labrador handed out rapid testing kits to students, teachers and staff, as the province aims for a return to class on Monday.
Canadian authorities risk lives of staff and students by reopening Newfoundland schools despite spread of UK variant
With the blessing of the Liberal provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador, local authorities have recklessly started reopening schools amid a major outbreak of the highly-contagious B117 variant of the coronavirus. Like governments across Canada, their priority is safeguarding the profits of big business, not the health and lives of students and teachers.
All schools in Newfoundland and Labrador were closed on Feb. 12 due to the rapid spread of the B117 variant, first identified in the UK, in metro St. John’s, the province’s capital and largest city. The rapid spread of the variant was made possible by large outbreaks in schools and workplaces, and exacerbated by widespread poverty and cramped living conditions.
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: February 10
Ella Niblock, in Grade 11 at Holy Spirit High School in Conception Bay South, says she and a lot of her friends are dealing with anxiety and fear over the outbreak and a potential return to school before the two-week mark.(Submitted by Ella Niblock)
A sense of relief washed over Ella Niblock upon hearing the news that her high school was closed due to COVID-19. As much as I love the social aspects of everything and I m involved in multiple things at the school and extracurricular activities like, some things are just not worth the risk of it, said Ella, a Grade 11 student at Holy Spirit High in Conception Bay South.