6 stories to start your day for Monday, February 8

Premier expected to outline changes in Stay and Home order

The premier of Ontario is expected to outline a relaxation of its stay at home mandate today or tomorrow… however, it is anticipated that not all regions will see stores open right away. Rather – the premier will likely keep the lockdown in place for areas with higher COVID numbers.

Meanwhile, here in the north, the Timmins / Kapuskasing areas continue to see high weekly rates of infection currently sitting at 65 per one hundred thousand people. In Sudbury, that number sits at 35. In Sault Ste Marie it is 14,