Kto może przekraczać granicę Kanady? Czy możemy swobodnie udać się do USA i Europy?

Mamy środek lata, wielu z nas było już na wakacjach a wielu z nas je dopiero planuje. Chcielibyśmy odwiedzić znajomych lub krewnych bądź spędzić wymarzony urlop w Stanach Zjednoczonych czy w Europie. Nasi bliscy, krewni i znajomi chcieliby odwiedzić nas w Kanadzie.

Czy wiemy kto, kiedy i dokąd będzie mógł podróżować? Oraz czy wiemy kto i kiedy będzie mógł nas w Kanadzie odwiedzić? Continue reading→

Who can cross the Canada border? Can we go freely to the USA and Europe?

We are in the middle of summer, many of us have already been on vacation and many of us are still planning it. We would like to visit friends or relatives or spend a dream vacation in the United States or Europe. Our relatives and friends would like to visit us in Canada.

Do we know who, when and where will be able to travel? And do we know who and when will be able to visit us in Canada? Continue reading→

Looming job action by Ontario optometrists may leave patients in the dark

Time is running out for eye care patients in Ontario. As of September 1, most of Ontario’s optometrists will stop providing services to seniors, adults and children covered by OHIP.

In March, an overwhelming 96% of Ontario optometrists voted to withdraw eye care services to patients covered under the Provincial health care plan. The action by the Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO) stems from more than three decades of underfunding by the Ontario government. Continue reading→

Torna l’incubo Cina: tamponi in massa a Wuhan

PECHINO – Un incubo che sembrava finito e che invece ritorna. La Cina, dove tutto iniziò, trema per il coronavirus e Wuhan, città simbolo del Covid-19, rivede il lockdown, sia pure parziale e limitato a un’area, dopo il drammatico blocco totale vissuto tra la fine di gennaio e l’8 aprile 2020, che tanto impressionò il resto del mondo ancora libero (all’epoca, e per poco…) dal virus… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Il Piano Scuola: vaccini non obbligatori, mascherine sì

TORONTO – Ci sono le gite, le assemblee scolastiche, l’educazione musicale e le attività extrascolastiche nel piano di rientro a scuola diffuso ieri dal ministero dell’Istruzione. Ventinove pagine che contengono il piano per il rientro a tempo pieno degli studenti sia delle elementari che delle superiori anche se rimane sempre valida l’opzione della didattica a distanza… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Tita e Banti spiegano le vele nell’oro: un altro trionfo azzurro

TOKYO – La medaglia d’argento era già sicura, ma Ruggero Tita e Caterina Banti non si sono certo accontentati: grazie al sesto posto nella Medal race dei Nacra 17, i due azzurri conquistano una storica medaglia d’oro, la quinta della spedizione azzurra a Tokyo 2020, senza lasciare scampo agli unici altri pretendenti per il metallo più prezioso, gli inglesi Anna Burnet e John Gimson… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of August 3, 2021, at 6:00pm EST.

On Tuesday, health officials in Greece logged 3,428 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed half a million. Of the cumulative total, 91.0% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 14, brining the total number of fatalities to 12,972.

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Ontario back-to-school plan: vaccine status not required but masks are mandatory inside

TORONTO – There are trips, school assemblies, music education and extracurricular activities in the return-to-school plan released yesterday by the Ministry of Education. Twenty-nine pages that contain the plan for the full-time return of both elementary and high school students even if the option of distance learning always remains valid. From September, students “will attend face-to-face classes every day for the entire school day (five hours of instruction) in elementary and secondary schools throughout the province. For secondary schools, “some school councils may implement an alternate week or ‘modified semester’ pattern.” Continue reading→