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April 23, 2020: Positive tests

Dr. Stewart Kennedy says it will take a few more days to put staff in place to ensure funeral professionals do not have to enter Thunder Bay Regional to pick up deceased bodies.

Mainly cloudy. 30 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon. High 12 °C.

Council voted to extend its 24-hour curfew until at least May 1, including the closure of all vendors, though one gas station still plans to reopen on Monday.

The Ontario government announced that all emergency orders will be extended until at least May 6.

Bill Mauro says decision will allow the city to redeploy staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, superseding union agreements.

All five new cases reported as being in self-isolation.

Two union presidents that represent workers at the Thunder Bay district jail and the correctional centre say it took weeks for safety measures to come into place to help slow down and prevent a potential outbreak at the city’s correctional institutions.

An online survey is available for the Community Energy and Emissions Plan, which has a goal of creating a carbon neutral community by 2050.