6 stories to start your day for Thursday, August 5

Outbreak of COVID-19 in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.

An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared on Manitoulin Island. It’s in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. The release said additional positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wiikemkoong, and as a result, the outbreak was declared by the WUT Pandemic Team. An outbreak is declared when there are two or more confirmed cases and that they are in more than one cluster.

United Steelworkers 6500 back to work on Monday

United Steelworkers Local 6500 will be heading back to work Monday. This is after they voted to ratify a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with Vale