Toronto schools to close Wednesday for in-person learning
Students also need to wear a mask that fits well when outside their homes, wash their hands often and stay home if they are sick. A spokesperson for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health said school closures are "an area of active discussion".

Ontario logs 3,065 new COVID-19 cases ahead of vaccine update
Quebec now has 123 people in intensive care for COVID-19, which is still well below the stated capacity of 383. The last time the province reported a positivity rate that high was three months ago on January 5.

Police say they're responding to a shooting in Frederick, Maryland
After the shooting, a victim entered a nearby business, Nicolock Paving Stones, and asked for help, a person there said. The names and ages of the victims and the suspect were not immediately disclosed, the spokesman said .

Australia and New Zealand announce travel bubble starts from April
Returning New Zealand residents would be required to undergo 14 days in hotel quarantine, at their own expense. Ms Ardern called the bubble a "world-first" arrangement.

Trial in George Floyd’s death expected to turn to ex-cop’s training
The report said Mr Floyd died of "cardiopulmonary arrest, complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression". Another said Chauvin never eased up, either by putting a hand on the ground or leaning on a squad auto next to him. "Once Mr.

Joe Biden was reduced to tears by Hunter Biden's addiction
Certainly, there could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. "It could be that it was stolen from me", he said. He also has three children from his previous marriage to Kathleen, and a son named Beau with wife Melissa.

Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations
The pond where the leak was found is in a stack of phosphogypsum, a radioactive waste product from the manufacture of fertiliser. According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the water is safe to drink. "Evacuate area NOW.

Mississauga and Brampton seeing highest daily COVID-19 cases since January
Health unit regions transitioned back to the COVID-19 Response Framework, with five colour-coded levels of varying restrictions. The latest round of measures stop short of the "stay-at-home" order imposed during another wave of infections in January.

Florida works to avoid 'catastrophic' pond collapse
Hopes said he could not rule out that a full breach could destabilize the walls of the other ponds at the Piney Point site. There are at least 70 gypsum stacks in the U.S. and about 27 in Florida, mostly in the region of west-central Florida.

NIH Testing Moderna Vaccine Against S. African Variant
The ongoing research found the vaccine was 91.3% efficacious against the disease a half year after a second dose was administered. Experts fear new variants of COVID-19 from South Africa and Brazil may be resistant to existing vaccines and treatment.

Army Chief Denies Claim Jordan's Prince Hamza is Under Arrest
Abdullah has ruled Jordan since the 1999 death of of his father, King Hussein, who ruled the country for close to a half-century. Jordanian security forces have arrested top officials and others on "security related" grounds, according to Petra news agency.

Big businesses side with Democrats in clash over voting rights
But Dick Pagano, a baseball fan in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, said he would not watch or attend any games this year. The prohibition extends 150 feet from a polling place and 25 feet from any person standing in line.

Media report on suspect in deadly Capitol attack
The attack occurred about 100 yards (meters) from the entrance of the building on the Senate side of the Capitol . And the most recent incident could delay the gradual reopening of the building's grounds to the public.

Australia working with EU, UK on AstraZeneca blood clot case
All the cases occurred between seven and 10 days after the vaccinations and all the people affected were women aged between 25 and 65 years.

Facebook admits to pulling Noah Green’s accounts after fatal Capitol incident
Green's brother, Brendan Green, told The Washington Post his brother was ill Thursday evening and sent a disturbing text. Update: The suspect has been identified as a 25-year-old Nation of Islam follower named Noah Green of IN .