In Class Learning will not Resume in Prescott and Russell until Further Notice.

Good Afternoon! Welcome to your latest TVC News. This week (Friday 22nd January ) in Clarence-Rockland's regional update:

 An update on COVID-19 for Clarence-Rockland and Prescott-Russell. As Pfzier vaccine delays affect the whole world, locally the Medical Officer for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, explained that he wasn't worried about meeting the deadlines of have everyone in the local Long Term Care facilities vaccinated by early February. 

The Centre d'Accueil Roger Séguin's residents received their first doses of the vaccine this week however, due to the current shortages the staff were unable the receive theirs and timelines for the second dose are being stretched. 

No in class learning next week as opening date is pushed back. Parent's will have to continue embracing home lives with children in front of screens for a little longer. A regional announcement followed that of the Provincial government stating that in class learning the Prescott-Russell will not resume on Monday 25th of January as previously expected. 

The reason given was the community spread and positivity rates remain too high in the local region. That, coupled with the high positivity rates in school aged children over the festive holidays, meant that opening school for in class learning was seen as a contradictive move to the regulations in place to reduce the numbers in Eastern Ontario.

Winter activities and local ice conditions. As many people seek to make the most of the outdoors as a break from being cooped up at home, there are new restrictions in place in local parks. Other popular activities at this time of year include ice fishing however, with the milder weather, the conditions on lakes and rivers may be less than ideal as a spokesperson for South Nation Conservation explained.

And an update on the city council as road traffic restrictions were hot on the agenda and the local help center for francophone immigrants in eastern Ontario ask the City to formally acknowledge February as Black History Month. We spoke to a coordinator about how well francophone immigrants are accepted and integrated into society in our area.