This year s Day of Mourning has locals remembering, reflecting on impact of COVID-19
Sheila Yakovishin was a personal support worker at Berkshire Care Centre in Windsor for more than 30 years. She died of COVID-19 on Dec. 31 while the home was in an outbreak.
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Sheila Yakovishin, 60, died due to COVID-19 on Dec. 31, according to a statement from Unifor.(Unifor)
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Warning that migrant farm workers are more vulnerable to COVID-19 because of their communal living and working conditions, a new coroner’s report offers 35 recommendations to protect them from the increased risks they face daily.
The report from Ontario’s deputy chief coroner, released Tuesday, follows the death last year of three Temporary Foreign Workers in Southwestern Ontario.
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“We should not forget that this review and its recommendations arise out of the unfortunate and untimely deaths of three men who left their home country to work in ours,” Deputy Chief Coroner Reuven R. Jhirad wrote in the report. “My deepest condolences go out to the families of these three men, their friends, co-workers, employers, and others impacted by their loss. It is our hope that these recommendations pro
WINDSOR, ONT. The Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs issued a statement Tuesday in response to a report by the Office of the Deputy Chief Coroner regarding the deaths of three migrant workers related to COVID-19. Ernie Hardeman said they are carefully reviewing the recommendations in the report and the ministry will work with experts to address the coroner’s recommendations in a timely and responsive manner. “We thank the Office of the Deputy Chief Coroner for its review of the deaths of three Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) and its report,” said Hardeman. “We are saddened by these tragedies and extend our condolences to the workers’ families, friends and co-workers.”
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Warning that migrant farm workers are more vulnerable to COVID-19 because of their communal living and working conditions, a new coroner’s report offers 35 recommendations to protect them from the increased risks they face daily.
The report from Ontario’s deputy chief coroner, released Tuesday, follows the death last year of three temporary foreign agriculture workers (TFAW) in Southwestern Ontario.
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“We should not forget that this review and its recommendations arise out of the unfortunate and untimely deaths of three men who left their home country to work in ours,” deputy chief Coroner Reuven R. Jhirad wrote in the report. “My deepest condolences go out to the families of these three men, their friends, co-workers, employers, and others impacted by their loss. It is our hope that these recommendations provide so
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