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Ottawa’s largest school board to resurrect mask mandate amid 6th wave

Sue JonesApril 13, 2022014 views

Ottawa’s largest school board is moving to again require students and staff to wear masks amid a sixth wave of COVID-19, after the measure was dropped by the provincial government on March 21.Students head back to class at Glebe Collegiate Institute last fall. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board voted Tuesday night to once again require its…

B.C. mayors say Ottawa’s plan to relax drug possession penalties not enough to help opioid crisis

Sue JonesFebruary 23, 2021014 views

The federal government has introduced a new bill to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for certain drug offences, and while the change is a significant shift away from incarceration, some B.C. leaders say it could have gone further.Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said he welcomes the federal government’s plan to reduce incarceration of Indigenous and Black Canadians…