Morning News – October 8th

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight – Clearing late this evening. Fog patches developing overnight. Low plus 2.

Statistics from Algoma Public Health:

From the APH Website, “As the province transitions to using a new case and contact management tool across all local public health units, APH is updating the process we use to calculate the number of tests being done in Algoma. Over the coming weeks, we will be using more automated methods to collect and report data, to improve efficiency and accuracy, and to decrease reporting workloads for our community partners. Thank you for your patience as we make these important changes. We will be updating this webpage soon with more data, to provide Algoma residents with an accurate, up-to-date, and meaningful picture of COVID-19 cases and testing in Algoma. ”

Tested (1)	47,036
Positive	37
Deceased	0
Resolved (2)	34
Updated: October 7, 2020

(1) That Algoma Public Health is aware of.
(2) Patient tested positive but is resolved according to current public health criteria. This number includes any persons who are deceased.

News Tidbits

It was interesting to read in the Sault Star that there are more air ambulance flights now than passenger aircraft, an average of 45 – 60 flights monthly. This is probably similiar numbers for Wawa – who has not had scheduled passenger flights since NorOntario (1996) and then Bearskin for a short time. With the pandemic there has been fewer transient aircraft landing as well.

Four members of the Greyhounds have been selected in the NHL Draft:

• Ryan O’Rourke  – Minnesota Wild
• Jaromir Pytlik (Centre) – New Jersey Devils
• Tanner Dickinson (Centre) – St. Louis Blues
• Rory Kerins (Centre) – Calgary Flames

Great news – plastic grocery bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings, cutlery and food containers will be banned by the end of 2021.

Ontario will soon be home to a new renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, which will create local jobs and stimulate regional economic development, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.

Ontario is supporting the $42 million dollar facility in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Falls Renewable Natural Gas plant is a partner ship between Enbridge, Walker Industries and Comcor Environmental – to build a facility that will generate energy from landfill waste by capturing biogas generated by decomposing organic waste and transforming it into renewable natural gas. The energy created would heat 8,750 homes across the country and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 48,000 tonnes.

Don’t Forget – Algoma Power has a scheduled power outage for Highway 17N of Desolation Lake including Tamawa Road and the Marion Lake Tower Site today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for line upgrades.