{"id":33245,"date":"2020-06-22T07:57:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T11:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=33245"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:14:39","slug":"morning-news-tidbits-june-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/22\/morning-news-tidbits-june-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News Tidbits &#8211; June 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather<\/strong> &#8211; Showers. Fog patches near Lake Superior early this morning. High 18. UV index 3 or moderate.<br \/>\nTonight &#8211; Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marine Forecast &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Wind southeast 10 knots becoming light near noon then becoming north 10 near midnight. Wind increasing to north 15 Tuesday morning then backing to northwest 15 near noon Tuesday. Waves one half metre or less building to one Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Showers and fog patches ending near noon Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statistics <\/strong><strong>from Algoma Public Health<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; June 21, 2020 (10:15 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 style=\"height: 220px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"493\" 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\">10,373<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Positive<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Negative<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">8,838 (last updated June 17, 2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Pending<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">901 (last updated June 17, 2020)<\/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\">22<\/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 \u2013 Yes (less than 5)<br \/>\nElliot Lake &amp; Area \u2013 Yes (less than 5)<br \/>\nNorth Algoma \u2013 No<br \/>\nSault Ste. Marie &amp; Area \u2013 Yes (18)<\/p>\n<p><strong>(June 18, 2020, 10:30 am)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Due to a transition in the way we are collecting and collating information with partners, the\u00a0<strong>pending\/negative\u00a0numbers<\/strong>\u00a0will be updated early next week.\u00a0 The numbers for\u00a0<strong>tested,\u00a0positives and resolved<\/strong>\u00a0continue to be posted daily and are\u00a0up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside>\n<div id=\"attachment_33256\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33256\" class=\"wp-image-33256 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-600x598.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-150x149.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-768x765.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-70x70.jpeg 70w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F-500x498.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1316EBE2-CFBB-4F41-B7CD-527FD9F2F91F.jpeg 1128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last weeks traffic stats.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were two new fires discovered in the Northeast region by mid-afternoon on June 21 (Peterborough 1 &amp; Algonquin Park 2), with six other burning in the region. Wawa 4 has nearly doubled in size, but is being held at 7.4 hectares and is located east of Dreany Lake (east of Dubreuilville). The fire hazard ranges from low to extreme. The areas showing the highest hazard are situated in the central and southern portions of the region.<\/aside>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There were no new fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the mid-afternoon of June 21, with three active forest fires in the Northwest Region. Two are being held and one is under control. The forest fire hazard is predominantly low to moderate across the region with an area of high hazard in Thunder Bay and Fort Frances districts.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Rod Phillips, Minister of Finance, and Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, to make an announcement at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<aside>\u00a0<\/aside>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather &#8211; Showers. Fog patches near Lake Superior early this morning. High 18. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight &#8211; Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low 12. Marine Forecast &#8211;\u00a0Wind southeast 10 knots becoming light near noon then becoming north 10 near midnight. Wind increasing to north 15 Tuesday morning then backing &#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":[101,2505],"class_list":["post-33245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-morning-news","tag-waw004"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 15:02:17","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\/33245","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=33245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33258,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33245\/revisions\/33258"}],"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=33245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}