{"id":33990,"date":"2020-07-07T07:57:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T11:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=33990"},"modified":"2020-08-19T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T22:21:38","slug":"morning-news-tidbits-july-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/07\/morning-news-tidbits-july-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News Tidbits &#8211; July 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather<\/strong> &#8211; Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Fog patches near Lake Superior this morning. High 21. Humidex 26. UV index 9 or very high.<br \/>\nTonight &#8211; A few clouds. Fog patches near Lake Superior overnight. Low 13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heat Warning for Dubreuilville &amp; White River and east to St. Joseph Island: <\/strong>Heat event continues through Tuesday. Daytime high temperatures near 29 degrees Celsius and overnight low temperatures ranging from 16 to 18 degrees are expected through Tuesday. A cold front will move through the area on Tuesday, although daily maximum temperatures will remain in the upper twenties for much of the upcoming week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marine Forecast &#8211; <\/strong>Wind light becoming southeast 10 knots overnight then increasing to southeast 15 Wednesday evening. Showers ending early this morning with a risk of thunderstorms. Fog patches dissipating Wednesday afternoon<span class=\"textSummary\">. Waves one half metre or less building to one Wednesday evening.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Statistics <\/strong><strong>from Algoma Public Health<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; July 6, 2020 (8:00 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\">14,879<\/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\">13,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Pending<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">955<\/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\">24<\/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 (19)<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside>There were six new forest fires confirmed by late afternoon on July 6, Wawa 9 &amp; 10, the others are in the Sudbury\/Kirkland Lake\/North Bar areas. In total, there are thirty active fires across the region. Seven fires are being held, fifteen are under control and one is being observed. At the time of this update, there are a total of seven fires not under control.<\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside>The fire hazard ranges from low to extreme across the region. Bancroft and its surrounding areas remain under an extreme hazard. With scattered only precipitation over the last few days, many areas \u2013 mostly in the central and southern portions of the region &#8211; continue to show a high hazard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones to make an announcement at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather &#8211; Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Fog patches near Lake Superior this morning. High 21. Humidex 26. UV index 9 or very high. Tonight &#8211; A few clouds. Fog patches near Lake Superior overnight. Low 13. Heat Warning for Dubreuilville &amp; White River and east to St. Joseph Island: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-33990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-morning-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 01:59:13","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\/33990","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=33990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33991,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33990\/revisions\/33991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}