A high school student’s effort to have the Pride flag raised in June outside Halton’s Catholic schools has fallen short. Trustees rejected the move Monday after a long debate.

As Seán O’Shea reports, the student and a supportive trustee said the effort was aimed at making LGBTQ2 students and staff feel safe and included. .

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US, UK fly in aid to India to help fight second wave of covid-19 infections

NEW DELHI : Fresh consignments of aid—remdesivir from the US and 1,000 ventilators from the UK—arrived in India overnight Monday even as India battles the brutal second wave of covid-19 infections that has brought the country’s health infrastructure to breaking point.The aircraft carrying 125,000 vials of remdesivir from the US arrived on Sunday, officials said. The drug, found effective in the treatment of some seriously ill covid-19 cases, is in short supply in India.In the UK, foreign secretary Dominic Raab wrote in a statement posted on Twitter: “We are working closely with India to deliver the equipment they need to tackle this deadly wave of coronavirus.

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Proud Boys Canada says it was never a ‘white supremacy’ group, dissolves itself

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Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo turns himself in after pregnant lover found dead

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Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer

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Australia's Perth at risk of second snap-lockdown after new Covid-19 infections

Australia's fourth-largest city faces prospects of its second snap lockdown in less than a month, officials warned on Sunday, after a hotel quarantine security guard in Perth and two of his housemates tested positive for Covid-19.

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Schoolkids aged 12 could be offered Covid jab in September as part of NHS vaccine plan

Children as young as 12 are set to be offered the coronavirus jab as part of NHS plans to vaccinate children before school starts in September.

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2 mysterious orbs of light caught on camera flying through Palm Coast yard

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Three months since Port Moody woman Trina Hunt vanished

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More than 1,500 students turn out for vaccinations at 3 Orange County high schools

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Deputy shooting becomes part of city's long history on race

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COVID-19 vaccine to be available to cruise ship workers at Port Canaveral

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The Latest: Some prominent schools blanked in 1st round

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COVID-19: 2 deaths, 76 new cases in London-Middlesex as region’s pandemic death toll hits 200

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Over 250 people self-isolate from Perth and Kinross schools due to COVID outbreaks

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Two more Winnipeg schools move to remote learning due to COVID-19

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Astronaut Michael Collins, part of Apollo 11 crew, dies at 90

in a statement on Twitter, saying he passed "after a valiant battle with cancer.""He spent his final days resting peacefully, with family by his side," the statement said. "Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way."Collins was part of the three-member crew on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission in 1969, alongside Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.Collins served as command module pilot and was "The Forgotten Man" during the mission.

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Orange, Volusia schools to require heart screenings for student-athletes

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Halifax teachers breathe a ‘sigh of relief’ over shift to online learning, union president says

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Regina Catholic, public schools opening buildings to students on May 3

students.The announcements were made by the two school divisions on Monday.Regina Public Schools said its high school students have been away from class and remote learning since March 24 while elementary students have been remote learning since March 29. Regina high school student receives $80K scholarship for post-secondary studies “Working with other Regina and area school divisions, we took the steps that we believed were necessary to minimize the risk to students, staff and school families,” Greg Enion, public schools director of education said in a press release.“The recommendations of local and provincial medical experts guided our decisions and the number of cases of COVID-19 related to schools was significantly reduced.

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N.S. closing schools in HRM after record-setting COVID-19 cases

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Nova Scotia closes schools in Halifax Regional Municipality following COVID-19 case spike

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin announced on Monday that all public schools in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and surrounding areas will close on Tuesday April 27 for two weeks, after the province reported 66 new cases of COVID-19.

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COVID-19: Some Ontario pharmacies could administer Pfizer vaccine as part of pilot project

COVID-19 vaccine as the province’s supply of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot remains uncertain.Health Minister Christine Elliott says the province is working on a pilot project that would deliver the Pfizer shot to “several” pharmacies.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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