Allison Lamb News Today

Fort Madison High School sophomore Avery Rump knows the cross country course at Rodeo Park so well that she could probably run it with her eyes closed.

Cape Breton-based emergency physician Dr. Margaret Fraser wasn’t surprised to hear that national numbers collected by CTV reveal a big spike in the number of people across the country who come to an emergency department for care, and then leave after growing tired of waiting.

The day Fort Madison High School cross country coach Brian Mendez had been waiting for finally arrived.

MOUNT PLEASANT — Fort Madison freshman Avery Rump was just happy to finish the race.

One runner.

Tiny Pacific tree frogs have found the ‘perfect little home’ in Allison Lamb’s dahlias.

PAUL SMITHS — The choral flap of migratory monarch butterfly wings abounded at the Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center on Thursday — music to the ears after last week’s announcement

The migratory monarch butterfly was declared endangered this summer. Todd Moe spoke with some butterfly experts at the Paul Smiths College VIC about monarch migration and citizen scientist aspects of butterfly conservation.

The next 24 hours will be critical in determining whether Victorians are to face greater coronavirus restrictions, as the latest cluster has grown to 15 cases and exposure sites are now spread across Melbourne and the Bendigo area.

“We are concerned about the number, and also about the kind of exposure sites, and the next 24 hours are going to be critical if we’re going to have to make any further changes beyond the changes that we announced yesterday.” The outbreak appears to be spreading rapidly, with a local sports club in the town of Cohuna near the Victoria-New South Wales border posting on Facebook it had received information that an attendee at the football and netball on Saturday had tested positive to COVID...