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Covid-19, Ontario expands eligibility for fourth vaccine dose but epidemiologists are divided

by Marzio Pelù July 13, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – Like Europe, Ontario also opens the vaccination campaign for the fourth dose, but expanding the audience: all adults aged 18 and over (in Italy, the administration of the fourth dose will currently concern people over 60 and fragile). It was announced today by Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, who underlined that the campaign will start immediately: it will be possible to book an appointment using the provincial health system starting from tomorrow, July 14, at 8am for all those who received the third dose five months ago or contracted the virus three months ago.

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US bishop strips Jesuit school of ‘Catholic’ status for defiantly flying ‘pride’ and BLM flags: Catholicism increasingly divided in North America

by cnmng June 18, 2022August 25, 2023

There is a deep division in Catholicism in North America, and this dichotomy is particularly evident in schools, both in Canada and in the USA.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Bishop of the Diocese of Worcester (Massachusetts, USA) – in the pic above, from Twitter – , has removed the “Catholic” status from a Jesuit-run school after it refused to heed his orders not to fly the LGBT rainbow flag and the Black Lives Matter flag. (more…)

Pope Francis in Canada, First Nations divided

by Mariella Policheni May 15, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – Indigenous leaders’ reactions to Pope Francis’ visit to Canada scheduled for July 24-30 are mixed. While some of them favorably judge the Pontiff’s five-day trip, others are disappointed that some parts of the country are not part of the established itinerary. The Vatican announced Friday that the Pope will travel to Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut.

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Emergencies Act: Conservatives divided

by Francesco Veronesi February 15, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergency Act continues to cause controversy. And among the unpredictable effects of the prime minister’s decision-making turn, we also find yet another split in the Canadian right, which still continues to pay pledge to the rubble left by former leader Erin O’Toole. The emergency legislation, which is immediately applicable but must be confirmed by Parliament within seven days, guarantees greater power of intervention by the federal police and allows the current accounts of the protest financiers to be frozen.

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High schools, year divided into ‘quadmester’

by Mariella Policheni May 13, 2021August 25, 2023

The next school year in Ontario’s high schools will also be divided into ‘quadmester’. That’s what Toronto District School Board (TDSB) spokesman Ryan Bird said. “The Ministry of Education has ordered all school boards, including the TDSB, to follow a program that emphasizes as much as possible the division into groups of students, which translates into the “quadmester model” (more…)

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Covid-19, Ontario expands eligibility for fourth vaccine dose but epidemiologists are divided

US bishop strips Jesuit school of ‘Catholic’ status for defiantly flying ‘pride’ and BLM flags: Catholicism increasingly divided in North America

Pope Francis in Canada, First Nations divided

Emergencies Act: Conservatives divided

High schools, year divided into ‘quadmester’

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