Morning News – May 19th

Weather:
Becoming cloudy this morning with 40 percent chance of showers early this morning. A few showers beginning this morning. Wind becoming south 30 km/h gusting to 50 late this morning. High 19. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of drizzle. Fog patches developing this evening. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light after midnight. Low 13.

 

Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma

Total doses administered: 49,242

 

News Tidbits:

Algoma Power has an electrical service interruption planned today in the Lake Superior Provincial Park area, Highway 17 north of Frater Road, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. This service interruption is required to facilitate line upgrades. While outage work is performed as effectively and efficiently as possible, circumstances may arise that shorten or extend these events (such as equipment failure, inclement weather, scope of work, etc).

Northeast Forest Fire Region – One new fire Sault Ste. Marie 3 is under control at 0.4 of a hectare (near Goulais River Provincial Park. There are two other active fires in the Northeast region, both of which are under control. Today’s fire hazard ranges mostly from high to extreme in the southern and central portions of the region, while northern areas are showing a low to moderate hazard.

Northwest Forest Fire Region – There were 12 new fires confirmed in the northwest region by the afternoon of May 18 with more reports being investigated at this time. Kenora 25 is not under control at 150 hectares and Kenora 27 is not under control at 1000 hectares. there are 24 active fires in the region. 18 fires are not under control, five fires are being held and one fire is under control. The fire hazard is high to extreme across the region.

Did you know?

Each employee at Lac des Iles palladium mine gets a $100 gift card. To date, 540 mineworkers have received their first dose. There were 25 cases of COVID-19, including one death, linked to the mine during an April 2020 outbreak.