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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sault Ste. Marie News

WATCH: Ontario allows education workers to be voluntarily redeployed to congregate care

WATCH: Ontario allows education workers to be voluntarily redeployed to congregate care

Province looks to education sector to fill staff shortages at long-term care homes, shelters
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LIVE: $1B regional relief fund to help tourism sector, seasonal businesses

LIVE: $1B regional relief fund to help tourism sector, seasonal businesses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regional relief and recovery fund is for businesses that didn't qualify for federal wage subsidy, business loans
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Ford to announce reopening of golf courses Thursday, sources say

Ford to announce reopening of golf courses Thursday, sources say

It is not clear yet if the courses will be open in time for the Victoria Day long weekend.
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National Indigenous group court application challenges 'inadequate, discriminatory' crisis funding

National Indigenous group court application challenges 'inadequate, discriminatory' crisis funding

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples calls the lack of COVID-19 funding 'shocking'
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Ontario reports 329 new COVID-19 cases and 454 recoveries today

Ontario reports 329 new COVID-19 cases and 454 recoveries today

The province has also reported 40 new deaths today
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What your post-coronavirus City Council is going to look like

What your post-coronavirus City Council is going to look like

New seating configuration will make some councillors back-benchers
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Updated list of addictions, mental health supports available

Updated list of addictions, mental health supports available

This list is up to date as of May 5 and is subject to change
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COVID-19: Here's the situation in the Sault today

COVID-19: Here's the situation in the Sault today

Local salons, barbershops remain in holding pattern during province-wide emergency measures; today's COVID-19 numbers
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Provincial state of emergency officially extended until June 2

Provincial state of emergency officially extended until June 2

Province says new legislation will allow for more virtual or remote transactions during COVID-19
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Trudeau promises 'stronger measures' for screening at Canada-U.S. border

Trudeau promises 'stronger measures' for screening at Canada-U.S. border

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has been aggressively lobbying states to ease stay-athome-restrictions and get residents back to work
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