Outside Belleville City Hall. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)
Provincial Government Announces 28-Day Shutdown to Impede Virus Spread
BELLEVILLE – On Monday, December 21 the provincial government announced a province-wide shutdown which will begin at 12:01 a.m. on December 26. Travel and socializing during the holiday season was deemed an additional risk in connection to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The province’s current increase in case numbers prompted the decision to implement measures to impede the spread to protect residents and the health care system. The City of Belleville will be required to follow this mandate for a minimum of 28 days beginning Saturday, December 26.
reporter: drone enthusiast and retailer rob watkins saying rogue fliers put th the public t risk. irresponsible fliers are a problem. others use drone to disrupt airport operations. last december drone fightings in london sightings in london caused a three day shutdown. suspected or confirmed drone sights have affecting many airports. a drone struck a commercial plane in quebec city, canada. the threat of catastrophe warrants tougher action by the faa. all i ve seen from the faa is we re going to pass rules and regulations. that s not what we need. we need the technology to be able to identify a drone and
partial shutdown. another day and more refusing to show up from work if they aren t collecting a pay check. all this as travellers are remaining very sympathetic. phil keating is live at miami international airport with the latest. phil? reporter: dana, two airport principles that we can all agree on are that travellers that can get through the tsa security screening check points as fast as possible and with as little hasable as possible. those federal agents monitoring for weapon ors contraband want to get paid. because the partial government shutdown, those pay checks have not come to these workers in about a month now. and this friday could be the second pay day in a row that they don t get a check. according to the airport, everybody s going through security in about 20 minutes. that s a typical on a normal day shutdown or not. they call it a limited tsa presence. but really, the experience here, this looks like a very normal day at the airport.
wanted sessions to recuse himself and appointed robert mueller in the first place. and allow this entire controversy to stretch into the second year of the presidency in the way that might not have. so this memo would by name have rosenstein is on the had a role in the fisa application process. give the president another opening to criticize rosenstein or maybe he would not have had one before. i think the house recognizes it would be disasters. especially because this might end organically in weeks or months anyway. sarah covers a definition by definition means she works 24/7. thank you for joining us on a saturday. good to see you! thank you. republican lawmakers working on another short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. current federal funding runs out on thursday but the daca issue, that caused the three day shutdown last month, still has yet to be resolved.
with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associated editor of commentary magazine noah rothman, washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay and joining the conversation, senior writer at politico and co-author of the play book jake sherman. so, joe, the thought of doing this all over again, will it amount to something? is it a productive process? at least the way the stage is set now? yeah, i think so. it was a phony war, as i said last hour, borrowing from the first six or seven months of world war ii. it was a three day shutdown and it was a good test for democrats who found out if you re going to start a government shutdown you better have an exit strategy. they didn t have an exit strategy so i think there was some panic yesterday. they said, they can go back to