Morning News – June 3

June 3, 2025 at 07:56

Weather:

• Today – Cloudy with 60% chance of showers. High 11 with the temperature falling to 6 this afternoon. UV index 4 or moderate.
• Tonight – Cloudy. 60% chance of showers early this evening. Becoming partly cloudy late this evening. Low plus 1 with risk of frost.

COVID Statistics:

	Current	Previous	Change from previous report
Tested	263,790	263,699	91
Confirmed Cases	8,495	8,488	7
Confirmed Cases in 2022	6,291	6,284	7
Active cases	65	64	1
Resolved	8,430	8,424	6
*Deceased	57	57	0
Deceased in 2022	36	36	0
Central & East Algoma	868	865	3
Elliot Lake & Area	470	469	1
North Algoma	293	294	-1
Sault Ste. Marie & Area	6,864	6,860	4

Forest Fire Update:

There are four active fires in the Northeast Region. There were no new fires yesterday, and no local fires at this time.

News Tidbits:

• Environment Canada is warning that temperatures tonight will dip to 1C – there is a possibility of frost, although a warning has not been issued. Gardeners may wish to protect any tender plants just in case the temperatures dip in some gardens below 0C.
• Doug Ford has won a majority government. Mike Mantha (NDP) has retained his seat with 45.9% of the votes. Northern Ontario is mainly NDP now with only three ridings PCP (Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay – Atikokan and Timmins. Despite that news, Andrea Horwath, Leader of the NDP has announced that she will be stepping down as leader.
  •  Nickel Belt, France Gélinas (NDP) with 50.78%
  • Soo, Ross Romano (PCP) with 46.8%.
  • Sudbury, Jamie West (NDP) with 40.8%
  • Thunder Bay – Atikokan, Kevin Holland (PCP) with 36.3%
  • Thunder Bay – Superior North, Lise Vaugeois (NDP) 34.12%
  • Timaskaming – Cochrane, John Vanthof (NDP) with 42.88%,
  • Timmins, Geoge Pirie (PCP) with 64.9%
  • Kiiwetinoong, Sol Mamakwa (NDP) with 55.82%
  • Mushkegowuk – James Bay, Guy Bourgouin (NDP) with 47.16%
• If you are travelling to the Soo, be careful in the Alona Bay area – Hwy 17 is reduced to one lane in the Alona Bay area for rock scaling
• If you are travelling at night, be watching for moose! They are out and about!