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May 6, 2021 · 0 Comments
By ROB PAUL
Initiative Reporter
The Congregate Care Settings Group of Dufferin and Caledon, like all members of the community, have felt the draining impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for the last 13 months.
They know it’s been the hardest year of everybody’s lives, but they want to encourage people to continue to do their party to keep the community safe.
The group is made up of Abbeyfield Caledon, Bethell Hospice, Boston Mills Retirement Community, Caledon Community Services, Choices Youth Shelter, Community Living Dufferin, Dufferin Area Family Health Team, Dufferin Child and Family Services, Dufferin Oaks Long Term Care Home, Family Transition Place, Hospice Dufferin, Kerry’s Place, Lord Dufferin Centre, Oliver House, Pine River Institute, Shelburne Long Term Care Home and Retirement Community, SHIP, and South Bridges Care Community.
Peel cracks down on workplaces as COVID cases soar, recommends paid sick days caledoncitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from caledoncitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
April 14, 2021 · 0 Comments
By ROB PAUL
Initiative Reporter
On April 14, at Brampton City Hall, Mayor Patrick Brown was joined by Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson and Peel Region Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh to provide an update on the COVID-19 situation in Peel as well as the need for more vaccines.
With growing numbers in the Peel Region, Brown and Thompson talked about the need to designate the entire region as a hotspot to allow for more people to get vaccinated sooner.
“I’ve been working urgently with (Mayor Thompson) on [highlighting] the urgency of vaccinating our essential workplaces,” said Brown. “I would note that there are so many commonalities and similarities between Caledon and Brampton. Our factory settings bleed into each other, you look at Amazon plants in Caledon and Brampton, some of the people who work at the factories in Caledon come from Brampton and we’ve been working
April 1, 2021 · 0 Comments
By ROB PAUL
Initiative Reporter
With the announcement of Ontario’s provincial budget last week, Environmental Defence has come out against the provincial government’s lack of focus on the environment.
As climate change continues to become more crucial, Environmental Defence was hopeful the Ford government would change their tune and put more effort into reducing emissions with the Provincial budget being a jumping-off point for a shift towards preserving the future.
“We are disappointed with this budget,” said Environmental Defence Programs Director Keith Brooks. “We were hopeful that the government would use the opportunity of the budget to kind of reset their approach to the environment. This government has taken a pretty hostile approach to the environment on multiple fronts, and I think they’ve received a fair bit of criticism for that, and we were hopeful that they were