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Ontario Morning Podcast - Tuesday October 4, 2021
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Oct 04, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:41:09
There have been more than 2100 cases of COVID among staff and students since school resumed last month. Brenda Coleman from the School of Public Health at the University of Toronto tells us about a study they have been conducting in order to find out how many educators became ill; Saugeen First Nation has reached a long-awaited agreement with the Town of Saugeen Shores .The out-of-court settlement provides for the return of culturally significant land. We find out more from lawyer Cathy Guirguis who represents Saugeen First Nation; Athletes from the Simcoe-Muskoka Catholic District School Board will not be competing in OFSSA athetic events because of concern for the risk of infection. Chris Woodcroft, the superintendent responsible for athletics at the board explains their decision; A bad flu season could really impact our healthcare system. Immunologist Dawn Bowdish of McMaster University in Hamilton outlines the risks; Ontario just raised the minimum wage by 10 cents to 14 dollars and 35 cents an hour. But the minimum wage isn't close to a living wage in most communiIties. We find out more from Craig Pickthorne of the Ontario Living Wage Network; Our happiness expert Jennifer Moss talks about surge capacity - our ability to respond to emergencies - and how the pandemic has kept many of us, in effect, on high alert.

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