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Emergency services rescued a man on Thursday morning after his snowmachine fell through the ice on McCharles Lake in Naughton.
Greater Sudbury Fire Services, with the assistance of the Greater Sudbury Police and Sudbury-Manitoulin EMS, received a call about the incident at around 8:10 a.m.
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Water rescue crews from the Long Lake and Minnow Lake fire stations were immediately dispatched, and they arrived on the scene within about 15 minutes.
“The individual had been in the water for an undetermined amount of time prior to us receiving the call. I estimate that after we got him out, he had been in the water for about half an hour,” said Deputy Fire Chief Jesse Oshell.
New cases of COIVD-19 announced by multiple health units.
Among new case counts of COVID-19 yesterday into today, Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting three new cases for the catchment area. Of the newly reported cases, one has been linked to travel, one with close contact with another confirmed case and one has no known link at this time. Despite the three new cases, Greater Sudbury’s number of active cases dropped by one, from 10 to nine on Tuesday as four cases were declared resolved.
Meanwhile the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit reported one new case of COVID-19 yesterday. The case involves a person between 20 and 39 years of age in Parry Sound District who was exposed through community spread. The person is isolating at home.