VANCOUVER Mayors in the B.C. health region hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are challenging each other to boost local vaccination rates. In a friendly competition, mayors across the Fraser Health region are seeing who can achieve certain immunization thresholds – and ultimately community immunity – first. The challenge will mark milestones at the 70, 75 and 80 per cent immunization marks. For now, those measurements will be calculated based on first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Fraser Health has seen the highest case numbers in our province and it is all hands on deck as we work to provide COVID-19 vaccines to everyone in our region that wants one. As an interconnected region, vaccines are important whether you live in a larger city or a smaller community area,” said Dr. Victoria Lee, president and CEO at Fraser Health, in a news release.
Man arrested for deadly shooting along North Avenue
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published
(Atlanta Police Department)
ATLANTA - Police in Atlanta said they have made an arrest in the shooting death of a man back in November.
Richard Stewart was arrested over the weekend in Riverdale on charges of felony murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and aggravated assault.
Fred Blash, the victim in the 2020 homicide. (Atlanta Police Department)
Police said officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound sitting in the driver s seat of a black Mercedes Benz S550. Medics rushed him to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died from his injuries. The investigation revealed the victim s identity as Fred Blash.
By Dave Strandberg
May 24, 2021 | 4:25 AM
SUPERIOR, WI (KDAL) – Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Superior will use funding from the Wisconsin Sea Grant program to study how reduced ice coverage will impact shipping on the Great Lakes.
Richard Stewart, director of the Transportation and Logistics Research Center at UWS, says expectations are that by 2050 there will be very little ice on the Great Lakes to impede vessel travel.
That would result in a longer shipping season and a need for fewer ships.
A year-round season could attract new commodities to the Twin Ports and Duluth Seaway Port Authority director, Deb DeLuca says it could open the entire waterway to greater usage which would be a plus for all sorts of reasons.
Year-Round Shipping Season For Twin Ports Researched
Northlanders know their seasons and if the temperature and forecast didn t give it away, the other seasons - tourists and shipping - might. Truthfully, while the summer months see an influx of out-of-town visitors in the area, tourism has truly become a year-round industry. So what about shipping? What if that also went ahead for twelve months out of the year? Changing climate trends and modern technology could be the key.
A year-long research project has been initiated by the Transportation and Logistics Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Funding for the project is coming from a University of Wisconsin Sea Grant. What these developers hope to learn is whether or not the Twin Ports - the Port of Duluth and the Port of Superior - could be like similar ports in Europe that maintain open passage ways for vessels and an open-road without obstacles for the shipping industry.
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