Public Health Sudbury & Districts changing direction with COVID-19
Public Health Sudbury & Districts is hosting its monthly meeting today with a focus from moving away from recovery to helping communities live with COVID.
The discussion will centre around a report called Public Health Sudbury & Districts and the COVID-19 pandemic: From risk to recovery and resilience.
The strategy has set some priorities after several programs had to be suspended over the last two years.
It has identified the following immediate priorities for public health recovery: getting children back on track; levelling up opportunities for health; fostering mental health gains; and supporting safe spaces.
The public is invited to take part in the virtual meeting at 1:30 pm this afternoon.
Members of the public who wish to attend may join via this link
or by calling 1 705-806-3679, ID # 976 699 396#. Please join using audio only and ensure your microphone is on mute.
Restrictions lifted as of today
Capacity limits are lifted, as of today, for most settings across the province.
The province decided to dump the restrictions four days ahead of schedule, due to falling COVID-19 numbers.
Restaurants, bars, gyms, and theatres will be able to return to full capacity but vaccine passports and face masks are still in use.
The Ford government is considering whether to raise other restrictions earlier than scheduled.
Ottawa police now have a plan
Ottawa’s interim police chief says they have a plan, and the resources needed, to end the truckers protest that has occupied much of the downtown for three weeks.
Steve Bell says he hopes the demonstrators understand that an operation is coming, and leave of their own accord but, if not, then the means are in place to remove them.
Bell is warning that some of the methods they plan to use are not what you’d usually see on the streets of the city but police are prepared to use them, if necessary.
He says the unlawful protest will be removed and the city returned to normalcy.
Bell is also urging protesters who brought their children to reach out to the Children’s Aid Society, to provide a safe location for their kids.
Freezing bank accounts and more
The federal government has ordered banks and other financial institutions to stop providing services to anyone involved in the truckers protest in Ottawa.
The order, under the Emergencies Act, would freeze the protesters out of their accounts, and suspend all credit card transactions.
It also orders insurance companies to suspend policies on any vehicle involved in an unlawful public assembly.
Any financial transaction must be reported to the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
Federal officials say the goal is to target the key sources of the millions of dollars raised to support the protest.
