Letters: Vaccination rate, alpine fault, climate change and speed bumps
21 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Would we have better access to the Covid vaccine if we lived in Fiji, Columbia or Bolivia? Photo / AP, File
Would we have better access to the Covid vaccine if we lived in Fiji, Columbia or Bolivia? Photo / AP, File
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New York Times reports New Zealand now sits in 98th place in a field of 156 countries for vaccination rates. It reports New Zealand has administered 2.8 doses per 100 people and Australia 6 doses per 100. It is sobering to see New Zealanders would get much better access to vaccines if they lived in Fiji, Colombia or Bolivia.
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Robin McGrath was an award-winning principal who worked at a school in Conception Bay South until his removal in 2018 amid a police investigation. He was later acquitted on all charges against him.(Ryan Cooke/CBC)
The mother of a child at the centre of a child abuse trial in St. John s says she doesn t want school principal Robin McGrath to return to his job, regardless of the judge s acquitting him on all charges.
The woman cannot be named, as there is a publication ban on anything that could identify her child.
McGrath, a K-7 school principal in Conception Bay South, was accused of pinching her child s ear, grabbing his face while yelling at him, and shoving him through an open doorway.
Assault charges dismissed against former school principal Robin McGrath
The former high school principal has been acquitted of four counts of assault and one count of uttering threats toward children in a K-7 school in Conception Bay South.
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Posted: Feb 02, 2021 10:52 AM NT | Last Updated: February 2
Former high school principal Robin McGrath was accused of four counts of assault and one count of uttering threats toward children.(Jeremy Eaton/CBC)
Former high school principal Robin McGrath has been acquitted of four counts of assault and one count of uttering threats toward children in a K-7 school in Conception Bay South.