Sask. to continue in-person learning with updated process for notifying close contacts
CBC
Education Minister Dustin Duncan and Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab will provide Saskatchewan's first COVID-19 update of the new year on Wednesday.
No details have been provided on the subject of the briefing happening at 11 a.m. CST, but it comes amid concerns about the spread of Omicron and the return of students to schools this week after the winter break.
Saskatchewan is the only province that has resumed classes as planned, though the Opposition NDP and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation have called on the government to delay classes in the face of surging COVID-19 cases.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.