Morning News – February 7th

Feb 7, 2022 at 07:56

Weather:

• Today – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light near noon. High minus 9. Wind chill minus 22 this morning and minus 12 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.
• Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 18. Wind chill minus 13 this evening and minus 21 overnight.

News Tidbits:

• Manitouwadge – Hornepayne are under an extreme cold warning this morning. Wind chill values near minus 40.
  Minimum temperatures near minus 30 degrees Celsius.
• The Ontario College Administrative Staff Association (OCASA) has named Bradie Granger as the recipient of its 2021 Emerging Leader Award. Granger was Vice-Principal in Chapleau, for the public school.
• Ontario’s New Democrats have affirmed Andrea Horwath’s leadership.

Announcements:

• Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, will make an announcement at 8:30 a.m.
• Paul Calandra, Minister of Long-Term Care will be joined by Sheref Sabawy, MPP for Mississauga—Erin Mills; Natalia Kusendova, MPP Mississauga Centre, Kaleed Rasheed, MPP for Mississauga East—Cooksville, and Effie Triantafilopoulos, MPP for Oakville North-Burlington and Parliamentary Assistant for Long-Term Care, to make an announcement at 10:00 a.m.