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'Prepared for multiple scenarios' The new normal for educators this spring and summer indeed means prepping for different scenarios that could unfold at a moment's notice this fall, according to Steve Hachey, a New Brunswick high school teacher who returned to Chipman Forest Avenue School on Monday.

With politicians now scrambling to relax patio regulations and alcohol laws in an effort to help restaurants and bars survive, Canada appears set to conduct a huge social experiment this summer: what happens when we have the same rules around public alcohol consumption that have long been the norm overseas? Will there be significant public safety or health problems? Or will we discover there’s in fact little drawback to liberalizing the laws here?

Federal prison chaplains say the spiritual needs of inmates have become an unnecessary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when offenders are feeling particularly vulnerable and alone. The Correctional Service of Canada is allowing only emergency in-person visits from chaplains to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The correctional service says it is ensuring inmates have access to spiritual guidance from chaplains via telephone or other technology as a temporary alternative.