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UPDATE: Union confident how mine handling COVID-19 threat

UPDATE: Union confident how mine handling COVID-19 threat

A day after a COVID-19 case at Lac des Iles Mine went public, USW's Herb Daniher says he's OK with mines remaining open, but that could change as the pandemic spreads.
LU and NOSM donate protective equipment to local healthcare workers

LU and NOSM donate protective equipment to local healthcare workers

More than 800 masks and other personal protective equipment has been collected from researchers, laboratories, and local businesses to be donated to frontline healthcare workers.
Video: Local 10-year-old creates LEGO video thanking frontline workers

Video: Local 10-year-old creates LEGO video thanking frontline workers

The video created by Reid Drury uses LEGO figures to thank the hard work of frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada could see 11,000 COVID-19 deaths with controls and as high as 300,000 with no controls

Canada could see 11,000 COVID-19 deaths with controls and as high as 300,000 with no controls

The national modeling says strong preventative measures would see 11,000 people die from COVID-19 while no measures would see 300,000 people die over the course of the pandemic.
Video: April 8, 2020: Outbreak grows

Video: April 8, 2020: Outbreak grows

April 8, 2020: Outbreak grows
Thunder Bay Fire Rescue adjusts its operations

Thunder Bay Fire Rescue adjusts its operations

Measures include enhanced protection against COVID-19.
Kenora mayor wants Manitoba border closed

Kenora mayor wants Manitoba border closed

Move would apply to residential travel, amid concerns cottagers from Manitoba will flock to Lake of the Woods area over Easter weekend.
Mayor defends decision not to host evacuees

Mayor defends decision not to host evacuees

Bill Mauro says the city's emergency services are already 'overwhelmed'
Good Morning, Thunder Bay!

Good Morning, Thunder Bay!

Mainly cloudy. High plus 3 °C.
Six sent home after COVID-19 case at Lac des Iles Mine

Six sent home after COVID-19 case at Lac des Iles Mine

One employee, who tested positive for COVID-19, was on site between March 29 and April 4 and is now at home in self-quarantine; his fellow crew members were sent home to self-isolate.
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