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<b>COVID-19:</b> 'Read-aloud' tips for parents to help prevent children's possible pandemic learning loss

COVID-19: 'Read-aloud' tips for parents to help prevent children's possible pandemic learning loss

A holistic approach to growing children’s vocabulary could mean reading children stories about bears from fairy tales, science books and the news

Apr 20, 2021 8:55 PM Read more >

One third of York Region residents have first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

It took only 2-1/2 hours this morning for nearly 15,000 of 20,000 newly opened appointments to be booked at clinics across the region

Apr 20, 2021 6:15 PM Read more >

Mulock Park project to come with $40M price tag

Capital and annual operating costs will be paid for through development charges and assessment growth from new homes, says Newmarket mayor

Apr 20, 2021 5:27 PM Read more >

Feds, province invest $163K for upgrades at Newmarket long-term care facility

Newmarket-Aurora MPP Christine Elliott announced the one-time funding toward air quality improvements at Southlake Residential Care Village

Apr 20, 2021 4:00 PM Read more >

COVID-19 vaccine Q & A: Yes, some doses are being wasted in York Region due to syringe size

York Region Public Health says vaccine waste is “very minimal and uncommon", about 1,220 doses were wasted last month, for instance

Apr 20, 2021 2:30 PM Read more >

Man arrested following armed robberies at Aurora convenience stores

A suspect armed with a knife demanded money at two Yonge Street stores on April 16, York Regional Police say

Apr 20, 2021 1:32 PM Read more >

Winter weather travel advisory in effect tonight into Wednesday morning

Slippery roads and snowfall amounts of up to 5 cm are possible, Environment Canada says

Apr 20, 2021 1:10 PM Read more >

COVID-19 Today: A look at the numbers for Newmarket, York Region, Ontario

38 more cases in Newmarket, 48 more variant cases, outbreak declared at Alexander Muir school; York Region confirms 403 new cases, variant cases near 10,000, with sharp increase in hospitalizations; Ontario reports 3,469 new cases, 22 more deaths, nearly 2,700 more lab-confirmed variant cases

Apr 20, 2021 11:45 AM Read more >

Boots and Hearts Festival cancelled for second straight year

'Our hearts are broken,' say organizers announcing a second summer without the popular country music festival

Apr 20, 2021 10:40 AM Read more >

<b>LETTER </b>: Grocery store workers should be high priority for COVID-19 vaccine

LETTER : Grocery store workers should be high priority for COVID-19 vaccine

How is it possible that workers in the most obvious place of transmission have not been designated as high priority to receive the vaccine, letter writer questions

Apr 20, 2021 8:00 AM Read more >