Image

February 5, 2021

153,500 Ontarians out of work during lockdown

There were only two new COVID-19 cases registered in Lambton Friday.

Lambton Public Health statistics show one of those cases was in long term care with another staff member at Village on the St. Clair tested positive for the virus. Twenty-eight residents and 15 staff tested positive – four have died during an outbreak which started Dec. 30.

Four outbreaks remain in long term care, including one at Lambton Meadowview Villa where only one staff member tested positive.

In all, there are now 1,854 cases of COVID-19 recorded in Lambton since March. Forty-nine people are ill right now with eight people in hospital. Bluewater Health is also dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak where four patients and six staff members tested positive.

Ontario is reporting 1,670 new cases today and 45 deaths. Fourteen of those were in long term care where a total of 3,697 people have died since the pandemic began.

Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, says the lockdown has helped bring the virus under control. However unemployment statistics released Friday morning show there has been a cost.

Canada is reporting 213,000 more people were on the unemployment roles in January. Most of those people were from Ontario and Quebec where the province’s are in lockdown.

Ontario’s jobless rate is now 10.2 percent, that’s up from 9.2 per cent in December.

Finance Minister Vic Fedeli said in a news release there were 153,500 more people in this province unemployed in January.

“The government imposed a provincial Stay-at-Home order in January to stop the spread of COVID-19 and help keep people safe. However, there is no denying that the impacts are being felt throughout the economy,” Fedeli said in a news release. “We know that many Ontarians continue to struggle during this challenging time.”

Share This

Image
Front Page

Forest Kiwanis hope a mandarin, apple and cucumber can raise some cash for Kineto

February 7, 2025

Heather Wright/The Independent “Why would somebody give 6.2 million for a banana on the wall?” That’s what Forest’s Jose Van Haastert thought after seeing what a crypto billionaire paid for a piece of conceptual art with a banana on the wall. Her family talked about the massive price tag for the art over Christmas. But the idea got Van Haastert,

Read More

Image
News

New scholarship program at Great Lakes created in honour of late Sarnia judge

February 7, 2025

Students in St. Clair Township and Sarnia will be able to apply for a new scholarship program, named in honour of an Ontario Court Justice from Sarnia. The Sarnia Community Foundation says the family of the late Anne McFadyen has set up an annual scholarship program, similar to LCCVI’s Nicol Scholarships. It will honour five graduating students from Great Lakes

Read More

Front Page

Driver taken to hospital after Inwood accident

February 7, 2025

An Alvinston woman had to be taken to hospital after an accident near Inwood Monday. Lambton OPP have yet to release any details about the crash Monday morning which occurred during foggy conditions. Witnesses say two vehicles, a van and large pickup truck, collided at the corner of Inwood and Shiloh Line Monday morning. The van was T-boned. Brooke-Alvinston Fire

Read More

Image
Sports

LCCVI on top of girls high school hockey standings

February 7, 2025

LCCVI moved into a first place tie with Chatham-Kent Secondary School in girls’ high school hockey this week with a 2-1 win over the Golden Hawks in Chatham. The Lancers are 2-0-2 in the south division this season. The regular season wraps up late next week. Playoff dates have yet to be announced.

Read More