Month: June 2023

“Undisclosed threat”: all Catholic schools in Niagara Region under hold-and-secure order

TORONTO – All schools in the Niagara Catholic District School Board (NCDSB) are under a hold-and-secure order following an undisclosed threat. In a tweet posted at 12:13 pm., the Niagara Regional Police Service advised parents and guardians that an “unidentified individual contacted the Board with a threat to an unidentified Niagara catholic school”.

“The health, safety, and well-being of our students and staff are our top priority. Out of an abundance of caution, the Board placed all schools in hold and secure while police investigate,” the board wrote (here below is the tweet by @niagaracatholic).

Parents are being asked to not pick up their children from school. In the NCDSB schools there are about 20 thousand students. Any updates will be provided through School Messenger, NCDSB said. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Ontario, poteri forti ad altri 26 sindaci

TORONTO – Per nulla scalfito dalle critiche che hanno fatto seguito al disegno di legge 39, Doug Ford ha deciso di conferire i cosiddetti poteri speciali ai sindaci di altre 26 città per accelerare la costruzione di nuovi alloggi. Già dal 1° luglio, quindi, oltre a quelli di Toronto e di Ottawa, altri primi cittadini potranno governare con un terzo dei voti del consiglio invece della maggioranza… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>