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Museum seeking modern postcards for new exhibit

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  • The St. Catharines Museum will open a new exhibit in spring 2021, that will feature historic postcards.
  • With travel limited due to COVID-19, the hope is to feature resident-submitted postcards from trips anywhere in the globe as a virtual glimpse of travel.
  • Whether the postcard was received in the mail or collected as a souvenir, the museum invites the submission.
  • To submit a postcard to the exhibition, contact Adrian Petry at museum@stcatharines.ca.

Niagara top doctor says very risky time for Niagara to reopen

Province was unable to control spread of COVID-19 prior to the lockdown
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Niagara COVID-19 numbers for Feb 4

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Niagara COVID-19 numbers for Feb 4

Niagara sees 38 new cases of COVID-19
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Two Ontario AHL teams not yet approved to play

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  • Ontario sport minister Lisa MacLeod is not ready to approve AHL play in Ontario.
  • AHL teams in Belleville, Toronto, Winnipeg, Laval, and Calgary will form a Canadian division and only play each other to prevent travel to the U.S.
  • While the U.S. based teams will begin play on Friday, the Canadian teams have not finalized a schedule due to the uncertainty in Ontario.
  • In October, MacLeod insisted that the OHL could only play this season if the league temporarily banned body checking as a COVID-19 preventative measure.

South Niagara under snow squall watch

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Canada may make Google and Facebook pay for news

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  • The Canadian Heritage Minister is planning on introducing legislation this year to force Google and Facebook to pay for news content they distribute on their platforms.
  • Google and Facebook control between 60 and 90 per cent of the digital advertising market making it difficult for news publishers to attract advertisers.
  • However, news links on both Google and Facebook direct billions of users to news sites.
  • Australia is introducing similar legislation and both Google and Facebook have threatened to restrict access to their websites in that country.

Assisted-dying bill makes progress at Senate

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  • The Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee accepted the assisted-dying bill on Wednesday.
  • However, it is expected that the Senate will make a number of amendments to the bill.
  • After the amendments, the bill would need to be approved by the House of Commons before receiving final approval at the Senate.
  • Finding consensus may be difficult as some Senators believe the bill goes too far while others think the bill doesn’t go far enough.
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Niagara students return to in-person learning Monday

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  • Ontario’s Education Minister announced today that high school and elementary students in Niagara will return to the classroom on Monday February 8. 
  • To support the safe return of in-person learning, Ontario will introduced new measures to protect students and staff against COVID-19.
  • The new measure include access to targeted asymptomatic testing, mandatory masking for grades 1-12 and enhanced screening for secondary students and staff.
  • At home virtual learning will still be an option for students.

Niagara’s COVID-19 active case count falls

However COVID-19 related deaths continue
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