The Newfoundland and Labrador English School District released a memo stating that NLESD has suspended all extra curricular activities involving interaction between different school populations until further notice.
This came into effect today Friday, March 13th, 2020.
This includes regional and provincial sports tournaments, heritage fairs, science fairs, drama festivals and any activity that sees multiple school populations gathered for showcase events or competition.
This is an unfortunate measure but a prudent step that the district is taking in an effort to contain the potential community spread of the COVID-19 Virus.
In other news, The National Hockey League (NHL) is pausing all game play, this came into effect yesterday Thursday, March 12, the NHL is pausing all game play because of the corona virus outbreak.
Due to precautions being taken surrounding COVID-19, Postville recreation made the decision has been made to CANCEL Carl Memorial for this year.