Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Thursday that the province would be postponing March break until the week of April 12. The move comes as schools in southern Ontario are in the middle of a phased reopening following a government-imposed weeks-long shutdown due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
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