Thunder Bay, ON, Canada / Country 105 | Thunder Bay s Country
May 4, 2021 | 12:28 PM
Chief and Council with Lac Seul First Nation have declared a community State of Emergency due to rising COVID-19 numbers.
As of Sunday May 2, there were at least 16 confirmed positive cases.
All residents are asked to only leave their homes for essential reasons like groceries, medical appointments or to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
There’s also limited access in and out of the community, with exceptions for food delivery and emergency services.
By declaring a State of Emergency, this will allow the community to gain access to additional assistance and resources.
chaos when you have a code red lockdown order going out at the same time a fire alarm is being pulled. do you stay? do you go? it has to be a complete state of chaos. and people thought it was firecrackers. they didn t know until they saw local news reports about what it was. in the top right of your screen, if you re watching, there is an ambulance, and my understanding is they put the young man, the young white man in a maroon shirt that we saw police detaining earlier. we do not know if it is the suspect. we know the suspect is in custody. we saw police put that individual in that ambulance and that ambulance is being taken somewhere, and local police helicopte helicopters, this one with wplg,