Schools in Toronto, Peel and York regions to return to in-person learning on Feb. 16
The Ontario government says schools in Toronto, Peel Region and York Region will reopen for in-person learning on Feb. 16, while students in Durham and Halton regions and those outside of the Greater Toronto Area will return to the classroom on Feb. 8.
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Students in other regions that haven t yet returned to the classroom will do so Feb. 8
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Posted: Feb 03, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 4
An empty playground in a schoolyard is shown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
TORONTO A decision on whether schools will reopen in Ontario s COVID-19 hot zones on Feb. 10 will be announced on Wednesday, the province says. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a tweet on Monday that Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams confirmed to him and Premier Doug Ford that he will finalize his advice about resuming in-person learning on Wednesday. The government will provide certainty parents deserve by announcing on Wednesday the dates for reopening, Lecce said. Ford also said on Monday that his goal is to have in-person learning resume on Feb. 10. He reiterated that his number one priority is making sure children are safe when they return to the classroom.
Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Tuesday, February 2, 2021:
There have been 270,180 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Ontario, an increase of 1,969 (or 0.7 per cent) from the previous day. There are 244,939 people recovered from the virus while 6,224 people have died. The number of Ontario people tested is 9,703,876 of which 11,651 have pending results.
(Health Canada did not update its statistics at 7 p.m. Monday. The following total case count is from Johns Hopkins and death counts are compiled by Newswatch from official provincial/territorial websites). Canada’s coronavirus case total is 788,186. The country has 20,136 deaths from the virus – one in the Yukon, one in Nunavut, 1,210 in British Columbia, 1,649 in Alberta, 306 in Saskatchewan, 832 in Manitoba, 6,224 in Ontario, 9,826 in Quebec, 18 in New Brunswick, four in Newfoundland & Labrador and 65 in Nova Scotia.
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Parents in Muskoka will find out Wednesday when their kids can return to in-person learning. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a tweet late Monday that the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health has promised that’s when he will make his final decision. Lecce says the province wants “all children in all regions back in class.” Lecce says parents will get the certainty they deserve by announcing Wednesday return dates for school.
We want all students in all regions back to class.
The Chief Medical Officer of Health confirmed to Premier @fordnation & I that on Wednesday he will finalize his advice.