{"id":43222,"date":"2021-03-25T07:56:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T11:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=43222"},"modified":"2021-03-25T08:04:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:04:55","slug":"morning-news-march-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/25\/morning-news-march-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News &#8211; March 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather: Light snow \/ Freezing drizzle is falling, be careful when walking<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries this morning with risk of freezing drizzle. Wind north 20 km\/h. Temperature falling to minus 3 this morning then steady. Wind chill minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low.<br \/>\nTonight &#8211; Overcast. Wind northeast 30 km\/h gusting to 50. Low minus 8. Wind chill minus 8 this evening and minus 16 overnight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table style=\"height: 162px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"599\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tested <\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Confirmed<br \/>\ncases<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Active<br \/>\ncases<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Currently<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>hospitalized<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Resolved<br \/>\ncases<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Deceased<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>111,176<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>224<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>18<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>206<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\">Updated: March 24, 2021, 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Immunization Tracker for the Algoma District:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Total doses administered:<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>15,648<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table style=\"height: 206px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Dose<\/td>\n<td><strong># of Algoma residents who have received immunization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>% eligible Algoma residents who have received immunization (adults 16+)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>% all Algoma residents who have received immunization (any age)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>People partially immunized with first dose only<\/td>\n<td>13,528<\/td>\n<td>14%<\/td>\n<td>11.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>People fully immunized with first and second dose<\/td>\n<td>1,060<\/td>\n<td>1.1%<\/td>\n<td>0.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total people immunized (first dose and\/or fully vaccinated):<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>14,588<\/td>\n<td>15.1%<\/td>\n<td>12.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Last Updated:\u00a0<\/strong>9:57 AM, March 23, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hwy 11 &#8211; From Longlac to Hearst Hwy is fully closed due to weather. UPDATE: the highway was reopened at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><span data-reactroot=\"\">MPs in the House of Commons have voted unanimously to designate Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day across Canada. On August 1st, 1834, Britain&#8217;s Parliament abolished slavery in the British Empire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision today on whether the federal Liberal government&#8217;s carbon pricing regime is constitutional \u2014 a ruling that could derail Ottawa&#8217;s efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions through a carbon tax-and-rebate scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, will make an announcement in support of Greek heritage in Ontario at 1:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget-dfp widget-dfp-null widget-inject widget-inject-centre widget-injected\" data-id=\"148623\" data-lazy=\"false\" data-widget=\"3\" data-per=\"100\" data-min=\"200\">\n<div class=\"slot slot-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather: Light snow \/ Freezing drizzle is falling, be careful when walking Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries this morning with risk of freezing drizzle. Wind north 20 km\/h. Temperature falling to minus 3 this morning then steady. Wind chill minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight &#8211; Overcast. 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