Science North is going to be holding COVID-19 information sessions
Science North is going to be holding COVID-19 information sessions. The goal, according to science centre is aimed to dispel myths about COVID-19, and its vaccine slated to arrive in Canada next week. Guest speakers will also include experts from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and Laurentian University. The English session begin at 9 a.m. The French session is planned for 1 p.m. Recordings will be available afterwards on Science North’s website.
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One new case of COVID-19 in Greater Sudbury
Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) is reporting one new case of COVID-19. The case was reported in the Greater Sudbury area. This means there are nine active cases in catchment area.
YMCA campaign reaches 1/4 mark of overall goal
The My Y is Resilient campaign has reached the one-quarter mark of the way to its $1-million goal. The target date is New Year’s Eve. The campaign looks to raise $2 million to support the North Bay and Sudbury locations in order to address an approximately 20 per cent, or $3.8 million, loss in revenue due to the pandemic.
Board Chairs and Vice Chair acclaimed
The Northeastern Catholic District School Board has acclaimed a new board chair vice-chair. Fred Salvador Jr. has acclaimed to the position of as board chair for the upcoming 2021 year, previously serving in the role of board vice-chair. Denis Lincez, long serving board member representing the Kapuskasing area, was acclaimed as vice-chair of the board.
Meanwhile,
Algoma District School Board has announced Jennifer Sarlo and Brent Rankin will continue as Chair and Vice Chair respectively of the board. This will be Sarlo’s ninth year as chair of the ADSB. Rankin has represented Central Algoma as a trustee with the Algoma District School Board from 2003 through 2010 and again from 2014 until now. He was elected last year as vice chair.
Two city’s looking at 2021 city budgets
When the 2021 Sudbury city budget it decided… the city will be tasked with closing a $14 million funding gap, in part due to COVID-19 Greater Sudbury CAO Ed Archer laid out the numbers during a finance and administration committee meeting yesterday. In a typical year, the city faces a gap of anywhere between $3 million to $5 million.
Meanwhile,
The Sault Ste Marie city budget for 2021 will include a $15.6 million road reconstruction program. That includes projects on Third Line, Mark Street, MacDonald Avenue sewer and the watermain project. Overall, about $8.6 million is dedicated to sanitary sewer work and another $4.8 million to transit fleet and equipment.
Snowbirds coming back to North Bay in 2021
The Snowbirds will be back in North Bay again new years, likely a part of Armed forces day, in whatever form it takes. They will be soaring over the city June 9th. It’s a tentative schedule for the 2021 Show Season, which will celebrate their 50th Anniversary.
Also…
Two groups in Nipissing area receiving second round of ECS funding.
Two group in the Nipissing region will be benefitting from the second round of funding by the Emergency Community Support Fund. The Gathering Place will receive $15,000 to help with the expansion of the Meal Outreach Program. The Children’s Aid Society of Nipissing and Parry Sound will receive $5,000 in both North Bay and Parry Sound to increase food security for Kinship providers.
New Python Pothole Patcher coming to Timmins
A new Python Pothole Patcher is being ordered the city of Timmins. The order, put in by the Timmins public works department will see a machine come into place that can be operated by one worker, not an entire crew. It is expected to cost just over ½ dollars ($563,000.00) and it should be delivered in six months.
