N.W.T. confirms 1st COVID-19 variant of concern
The case reported at the Diavik Diamond Mine on March 29 is the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the United Kingdom.
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Case detected at Diavik Diamond Mine March 29. No risk to public at this time, health authority says
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Posted: Apr 01, 2021 8:06 PM CT | Last Updated: April 2
The Diavik Diamond Mine in remote, northeastern N.W.T. A case of COVID-19 among a worker there has turned out to be the territory s first instance of a variant of concern. The chief public health officer has said there is no risk to the public. (Rio Tinto)
Otis Duncan
A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier died from what is believed to have been drowning at a beach in Hope Bay, Portland on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Otis Duncan. He was from Port Antonio in Portland, according to his Facebook profile.
The details surrounding the incident are still sketchy, but it is understood that Duncan, along with other colleagues, went to the beach for a swim.
While in the water, he reportedly got into difficulties and later drowned before help could reach him.
A search was subsequently launched for him, but his body was not located at the time.
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The operator of a quarry near Hope Bay, where a December 2019 blast shook homes and was recorded by instruments that detect earthquakes, has pleaded guilty to an Aggregate Resource Act offence.
On Feb. 8 in a virtual Provincial Offences court hearing in Owen Sound, Hunter Haulage & Excavating Inc., of Lion’s Head, pleaded guilty and was convicted of permitting the contravention of a condition of its licence, contrary to the Aggregate Resources Act, at 1562 Bruce Road 9 in South Bruce Peninsula.
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The operator of a quarry near Hope Bay, where a December 2019 blast shook homes and was recorded by instruments that detect earthquakes, has pleaded guilty to an Aggregate Resource Act offence.
On Feb. 8 in a virtual Provincial Offences court hearing in Owen Sound, Hunter Haulage & Excavating Inc., of Lion’s Head, pleaded guilty and was convicted of permitting the contravention of a condition of its licence, contrary to the Aggregate Resources Act, at 1562 Bruce Road 9 in South Bruce Peninsula.
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