Local climate change impacts highlighted in new Lakehead Region Conservation Authority campaign
More forest fires, more ticks and changes in rain and snowfall are just some of the local impacts of climate change in and around Thunder Bay, Ont.
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Posted: May 04, 2021 12:04 PM ET | Last Updated: May 4
Climate change will have impacts on forest fires and the boreal forest in northwestern Ontario. (Matt Medler/Associated Press)
More forest fires, more ticks and changes in rain and snowfall are just some of the local impacts of climate change in and around Thunder Bay, Ont.
The campaign is meant to show how the city and region will be affected by climate change, using 14 different examples, including forest fires, ticks and Lyme Disease, the impact on Lake Superior and stormwater.
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There are nine new cases of coronavirus within the Thunder Bay District Health Unit.
Health officials also report Monday that there are six cases that could be a variant.
Fifteen more cases of COVID-19 are deemed to be resolved as the active case count stands at 48:
Five of the cases were obtained through someone else who had COVID-19
Two cases have no known exposure
Two case causes are pending
The Northwestern Health Unit is dealing with 75 active cases with another ten cases reported Monday.
Ontario reports 3,436 new cases of coronavirus along with 16 deaths.
The provincial NDP claim Northern Ontario continues to be ignored in plans to expand and grow the provincial economy. Leader Andrea Horwath says nothi.
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There is just one new COVID-19 case being reported today.
There are five cases that are considered resolved with the active case count sitting at 63.
There are three variant cases also being reported.
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Also, Mayor Bill Mauro received his first dose of vaccine today. It was the Pfizer shot at the CLE.
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THUNDER BAY - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has confirmed that 10 of the recently detected COVID-19 variant cases are part of an outbreak at the Musselwhite Mine.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the Thunder Bay District that have screened positive for a variant of concern has increased by 21 in the last two weeks, bringing the total number to 25.
“The outbreak at the mine has contributed to at least half of those and that is the kind of thing you could see happening,” said Dr. Janet DeMille, medical officer of health with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. “COVID does spread obviously and we know variants of concern do spread more easily.”