Morning News – April 11

Apr 11, 2022 at 07:56

Weather:

• Today – Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning and ending this afternoon then 60% chance of showers. Periods of snow over higher terrain this morning. Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to 60 becoming southwest 40 gusting to 70 this afternoon. High 6. UV index 2 or low.
• Tonight – Partly cloudy. 40% chance of showers this evening. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 70 diminishing to 20 gusting to 40 this evening then becoming light later this evening. Low -3. Wind chill -7 overnight.

COVID Statistics:

	Current	Previous	Change from previous report
Tested	252,036	251,606	430
Confirmed Cases	7,107	7,061	46
Confirmed Cases in 2022	4,903	4,857	46
Active cases	441	442	-1
Resolved	6,666	6,619	47
*Deceased	46	46	0
Deceased in 2022	25	25
Central & East Algoma	704	700	4
Elliot Lake & Area	311	305	6
North Algoma	263	263	0
Sault Ste. Marie & Area	5,829	5,793	36

News Tidbits:

• If you are headed to the Soo – a disabled tractor-trailer has closed one lane Hwy 17 reduced to one lane just south of the Landfill site north of Montreal River Harbour.
• Highway construction season is just around the corner. The twinning of 14.4 kilometres of Highway 11/17 starting east of Highway 587 easterly towards Nipigon will begin later this summer and includes:
  • Two new bridges over Pearl River (one eastbound and one westbound)
  • New alignment of Highway 11/17 south of the existing highway at Pearl River
  • Realignment of municipal road connections at West Loon Road/Mirror Lake Road, East Loon Road, Silver Lake Road and Road No. 5 South
  • Two new concrete culverts at Oyster Creek
  • Drainage improvements
  • New lighting at new municipal road intersections and four to two-lane transitions
• The Ontario government is providing $109 million to refurbish 56 GO Transit bi-level rail coaches at the Ontario Northland Remanufacturing and Repair Centre in North Bay. This is in addition to the 94 GO Transit bi-level rail coaches that will be refurbished for $171 million at the Alstom Plant in Thunder Bay.

Announcements:

• Todd Smith, Minister of Energy, will be joined by Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry to make an announcement at 11 a.m. in Wawa
• Solicitor General Sylvia Jones will make an announcement at 2 p.m. in Mississauga