{"id":32046,"date":"2020-05-26T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T11:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=32046"},"modified":"2020-06-19T05:38:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T09:38:03","slug":"tuesday-morning-news-may-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/26\/tuesday-morning-news-may-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Morning News &#8211; May 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather<\/strong> &#8211; Cloudy. Clearing near noon. Fog patches this morning. High 25. Humidex 32. UV index 8 or very high.<br \/>\nTonight- A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness near midnight then 60 percent chance of showers overnight. Fog patches developing after midnight. Low 13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statistics\u00a0<\/strong><strong>from Algoma Public Health<\/strong> (May 25, 2020 (8:30 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Algoma regions where residents have tested positive for COVID-19 include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Sault Ste. Marie &amp; Area<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Central &amp; East Algoma<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Elliot Lake &amp; Area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"237\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"109\" \/>\n<col width=\"128\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" width=\"109\" height=\"24\">Tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" width=\"128\">6,422<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Positive<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Negative<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">6022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Pending<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">379<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Deceased<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Resolved<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Total confirmed cases by area of residence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central &amp; East\u00a0 Algoma &#8211; Yes (less than 5)<br \/>\nElliot Lake &amp; Area &#8211; Yes (less than 5)<br \/>\nNorth Algoma &#8211; No<br \/>\nSault Ste. Marie &amp; Area &#8211; Yes (17)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wawa Figure Skating Club is holding their AGM tomorrow, Wednesday, May 27th via ZOOM. <a href=\"https:\/\/us04web.zoom.us\/j\/77127970497?pwd=cXV4UGw1NER0cmZEWXNjUVNVN29PUT09&amp;fbclid=IwAR2rncmIYo4YCd8JAyfeAi-quchLo_5n8Fy_ICU_oehCsVkWmH0qr6K1WFY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fus04web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F77127970497%3Fpwd%3DcXV4UGw1NER0cmZEWXNjUVNVN29PUT09%26fbclid%3DIwAR2rncmIYo4YCd8JAyfeAi-quchLo_5n8Fy_ICU_oehCsVkWmH0qr6K1WFY&amp;h=AT1qr_Extax7SiSVYVmp7ZYcR8K5-sUyYZIMO1t3EHjRTpiiZKx4zxEQ4BdT8QJEHxEBiPERtghGQdfCN60WXkk9zzhpiyd_Oog8c8hWmN-jOngI4FCmCnVO0fsWB7i_b5pLoq1SDOoeVJ6bq4rEW3zdq6Jk5viv_Q\">https:\/\/us04web.zoom.us\/j\/77127970497\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Meeting ID: 771 2797 0497, Password: 1k49xD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Prabmeet Sarkaria, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, and Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care, to make an announcement at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<aside>In the Northeast Region, there were no new fires discovered by the afternoon of May 25. There are eight active fires across the Northeast. All fires are either being held, under control or being observed. SSM 3 is no longer listed.<\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside>All fires are either being held, under control or being observed. The closes is Sault Ste. Marie 3 which is being held at 0.1 of a hectare.The fire hazard ranges from low to high across the region. The fire hazard ranges from low to high across the Northeast Region. Showing a high forest fire hazard this afternoon are: an area along the Quebec border, from Rolphton to Pembroke; a portion of the Parry Sound district from McKellar to Magnetawan; and a portion of the Far North, along the Manitoba border.<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<aside>In the Northwest region, two new fires were discovered in the Northwest Region by the late afternoon yesterday. Sioux Lookout 1 is located at Muskrat Dam First Nation. The 0.1 hectare fire is now under control. Nipigon 8 was discovered this morning burning in steep terrain south of Hwy. 17, approximately five kilometres northwest of the town of Marathon. The 0.2 hectare fire was brought under control by early afternoon. There were four active fires in the Northwest Region.Areas of high hazard persist in the Thunder Bay and north shore areas with significant pockets of high hazard in the Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances and Sioux Lookout sectors amongst areas of moderate and low hazard.<\/aside>\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Due to the high to extreme forest fire hazard, effective 12:01 am, Saturday, May 23, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will implement a Restricted Fire Zone in the Thunder Bay and Dryden Districts, as well as the eastern Fort Frances district and southern portions of Sioux Lookout and Nipigon Districts.\u202f The Restricted Fire Zone will be in effect until further notice. Outdoor fires are banned. Portable gas stoves may still be used BUT must be handled with extreme care. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CSC Nouvelon has announced the appointment of Mr. Pier-Olivier Arsenault as Principal at \u00c9cole catholique Georges-Vanier (Elliot Lake) and Ms. Mireille Miron as Vice-Principal at \u00c9cole catholique La Renaissance (Espanola).<\/p>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care, and Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, to make an announcement at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Steele, Deputy Minister of Long-Term Care, Mario Di Tommaso, Deputy Solicitor General, Community Safety, and Helen Angus, Deputy Minister of Health, will hold a technical briefing on long-term care homes at 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather &#8211; Cloudy. Clearing near noon. Fog patches this morning. High 25. Humidex 32. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight- A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness near midnight then 60 percent chance of showers overnight. Fog patches developing after midnight. Low 13. Statistics\u00a0from Algoma Public Health (May 25, 2020 (8:30 a.m.) Algoma regions where residents &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[101,178],"class_list":["post-32046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-morning-news","tag-tuesday-morning-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 09:16:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32046"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32058,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32046\/revisions\/32058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}