JUDGE REJECTS WESTERN U STUDENTS' COVID JAB CHALLENGE

 A challenge of Western University’s COVID-19 booster dose mandate by five students has been dismissed in court.

The written decision, delivered by Ontario Superior Court Justice Kelly Tranquilli, found Western officials are within their power to enact the COVID-19 booster mandate and collecting personal health data from students and staff is necessary to administer the policy.

A plain reading of the provincial legislation governing Western shows the university is “expressly and broadly empowered to manage its affairs,” and “may do such things as it considers to be for the good of the university and consistent with the public interest,” the court decision said.