Morning News – February 11th

Feb 11, 2022 at 07:56

Weather: Winter weather travel advisory in effect

•  Today – Snow. Local blowing snow this afternoon. Local amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind becoming north 40 km/h gusting to 70 near noon. Temperature falling to minus 17 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 9 this morning and minus 28 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite.
• Tonight – Periods of light snow ending this evening then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of light snow. Clearing overnight. Local blowing snow this evening. Wind north 40 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing to 20 gusting to 40 overnight. Low minus 30. Wind chill minus 28 this evening and minus 40 overnight. Frostbite in minutes.

COVID-19 Stats in Algoma (February 10, 3:00 p.m.):

	Current	Previous	Change from previous report
Confirmed cases	4,255	4,189	66
Active cases	617(2)	555(2)	62
Currently hospitalized	21	21	0
Resolved	3,638	3,634	4
Deceased	28	27	1
Tested	232,376	231,966	410
Close contact of a confirmed case	1,405	1,389	16
Outbreak related	491	480	11
Under Investigation	83	95	-12
Unknown Source of Infection	2,276	2,225	51	Evidence of Community Spread	Recent Cases
Central & East Algoma	436	427	9	Yes	Yes
Elliot Lake & Area	149	148	1	Yes	Yes
North Algoma	149	146	3	Yes	Yes
Sault Ste. Marie & Area	3,521	3,468	53	Yes	Yes

News Tidbits:

• Sadly the missing worker from Major Drilling who was working in a remote area near Kirkland Lake Gold’s Taylor Mine in the Matheson and Val Gagne area, east of Timmins was found deceased.
• Highway 17 was closed at 7:10 a.am. between Schreiber and Nipigon due to weather and road conditions.
• The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and Ontario Health, is lifting Directive 2 to begin a gradual and cautious resumption of non-urgent and non-emergent surgeries and procedures across the province.

Announcements:

• Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development will be joined by Bob Bailey, MPP for Sarnia—Lambton, and Darrin Canniff, Mayor of Chatham-Kent, to make an announcement about healthcare in Southwestern Ontario at 10:00 a.m.
• Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, Attorney General Doug Downey and Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, to make an announcement at 10:30 a.m.
• Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, to make an announcement at 11:00 a.m.