Morning News – May 10

May 10, 2025 at 07:56

Weather:

• Today – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light near noon. High 16. UV index 7 or high.
• Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches developing late this evening. Low 9.

COVID Statistics

	Current	Previous	Change from previous report
Tested	260,407	260,072	335
Confirmed Cases	8,214	8,168	46
Confirmed Cases in 2022	6,010	5,964	46
Active cases	209	244	-35
Resolved	8,005	7,924	81
*Deceased	53	53	0
Deceased in 2022	32	32	0
Central & East Algoma	824	817	7
Elliot Lake & Area	434	422	12
North Algoma	288	284	4
Sault Ste. Marie & Area	6,668	6,645	23

Forest Fire Update:

There were three new wildland fires in the Northeast Region:

• Sault Ste. Marie 4: 3 hectare fire located north of Camp 7 Bay of Matinenda lake. It is currently not under control.
• Hearst 2: 0.1 hectare fire located next to Hwy 11, about 1.5 Kilometres east of Val Côté. It is now out.
• Pembroke 2: 3 hectare fire located 0.3 kilometres Northeast of Cameron Lake, and 0.3 kilometres west of Louies Lake. It is currently not under control.
• Sault Ste. Marie 3: 2.8 hectare fire located next to Basswood Lake on the northeast side. It is under control.

News Tidbits:

• May 9-15, 2022 is National Nursing Week. The theme this year is #WeAnswerTheCall and was developed by Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) to showcase the many roles that nurses play.
• The first debate of the provincial election campaign will take place today in North Bay at 1 p.m. ET. CBC News will livestream the event.
• On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads making transcontinental railroad travel across the United States. In Canada, the ceremonial final spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Craigellachie, British Columbia, at 9:22 am on November 7, 1885.