Ontario to Reopen Schools in Regions Hardest Hit by COVID-19

Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce speaks during the daily updates regarding COVID-19 at Queen's Park in Toronto on June 9, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce announced Wednesday that the province will reopen schools in five hot spot regions where the COVID-19 virus hit the hardest recently.

Students attending schools in Toronto, Peel, and York regions will be able to return to in-classroom learning on Feb. 16.