Government of Canada and Government of Québec support a restorative justice program in Kitigan Zibi
Day: November 20, 2020
The week of November 8-14 continued to see an alarming increase in the number of newly reported cases of COVID-19 in First Nations communities related to the second wave of the pandemic, with 558 new cases reported as of November 19.
New COVID-19 restrictions are expected to be unveiled in Ontario Friday after the province reported 1,418 new cases and eight more deaths. The new cases include 393 in Toronto, 400 in Peel Region and 168 in York Region. The province has now seen more than 100,000 confirmed cases of the illness since the first one was reported in late January.
A retired Ontario Provincial Police officer and former colleague of Constable Marc Hovingh, who was shot and killed in the line of duty in the town of Gore Bay Thursday, says all of Manitoulin Island is in a state of shock after his death.
Restrictions like the sweeping new set of pandemic control measures that took effect in Manitoba on Friday are a step in the right direction, says Canada’s chief public health officer, but it will take some time before it’s clear how effective they’ve been.