The LocalSKIM for Friday, August 21
- Waverly Beach (Fort Erie), Sunset Beach (St. Catharines), Long Beach and Reebs Bay (Wainfleet) have all been posted as unsafe to swim. (Niagara Region)
- The United States on Friday extended the closure of its land borders with Canada to non-essential travel through Sept. 21 despite Ottawa’s decision to keep its border open to vaccinated Americans. (Reuters)
- 76% of Canadians said they would strongly or somewhat support a vaccine passport system like the one Quebec is implementing, according to a new poll. (CP24)
- Niagara Region is considering developing a region-wide vaccine mandate for municipal staff and is also considering requiring individuals to be vaccinated in order to enter any regional building. (St. Catharines Standard)
- All 444 Ontario municipalities are asking the Ontario government to implement a province-wide, vaccination passport system to protect children and Ontario’s health care resources, and to support the safe, timely and stable reopening of public services, institutions, facilities and businesses. (St. Catharines Standard)
