OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health wrapped up a fourth weekend of rapid COVID-19 testing blitzes targeting Ottawa s schools, on the eve of new requirements for asymptomatic testing of students and staff in schools. Starting Monday, school boards in Ontario will be required to conduct asymptomatic testing of staff and students in at least five per cent of schools within their jurisdiction every week. Education Minister Stephen Lecce tells CTV News Ottawa that while COVID-19 rates are low in schools right now, it s important to keep layers of protection in place. The first is the necessity to keep our guard up, because we re doing something right. I think parents, quite obviously, are helping to limit congregation of their kids, which is following our stricter protocol, said Lecce in an interview with CTV News at Six anchor Stefan Keyes.
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Posted: Feb 13, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 13
Kortney Force collected and delivered hundreds of handmade valentines to seniors living in long-term care homes this week. (Francis Ferland/CBC)
Community Heroes is a CBC Ottawa series highlighting people making a difference in small or big ways in their communities during COVID-19.
Kortney Force s own world has been turned upside down this past year. Just like many others, we ve been dealing with a lot of grief and loss, said Force, who lost her job when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
After months of struggling to make ends meet, Force, who lives in Ottawa s Woodpark neighbourhood, across Woodroffe Avenue from Carlingwood Shopping Centre, came up with an idea for a special project.