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Morning News – September 30

Weather – Another rainy day… Showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this morning and this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 12. UV index 1 or low.
Tonight – A few showers ending near midnight then cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind becoming north 20 km/h late this evening. Low plus 3.

 

Statistics from Algoma Public Health:

Tested (1) 36,571
Positive 32
Negative 35,066
Deceased 0
Resolved (2) 30
  Updated: September 29, 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

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There was one new confirmed fire in the Northeast Region by late afternoon on September 29. Cochrane 21 is being observed at 0.1 hectares and is located on the south side of the Albany River, approximately 9 kilometres west of Fort Albany First Nation. The fire hazard is low to moderate across the Northeast Region.

There were no new forest fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the afternoon of September 29. At the time of this update there were no active fires in the region. The forest fire hazard is is mainly low across the Northwest Region with areas of moderate and high hazard conditions in the Kenora sector.

A huge congratulations to Smokies & The Bear. They have announced that their second single ‘Paper Plates’ has been released with their second album “Watch the Little Things” scheduled to be released November 1st. If you want to preorder message them.
Brotherhood is being screened at Michipicoten First Nation this afternoon and tonight and the event is open to the public. You are asked to email [email protected] for further information. UPDATE – you will have to get your tickets on Eventbrite.
SSM’s PUC Services Inc. received an award in the category of worker safety during the first “virtual” Annual Meeting and Ontario Electrical Safety (ESA) Awards on September 24th. This award, “recognized PUC’s dedication to keep workers and the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts made by PUC at the beginning of the pandemic to provide community members and fellow workers with hand-made masks were most notably acknowledged by the ESA. These masks were sewn and distributed to community members and fellow workers at a time when they were not readily available. As a result, local residents and PUC crews providing essential services were able to stay safe when they could not maintain physical distancing.”

Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Matthew Anderson, President and CEO of Ontario Health, and Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, will hold a media briefing on COVID-19 provincial modelling at 10 a.m. at Queen’s Park.

Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, John Pigott, CEO of Club Coffee, and Bruno Keller, President of Kraft Heinz Canada, will make an announcement regarding proposed changes to Ontario’s Food and Organic Waste Policy Statement at 10 a.m.

Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, to make an announcement at 1 p.m. at Queen’s Park.

 

 

 

 

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