The LocalSKIM for Monday, August 10 – Local Skim St. Catharines

Five beaches in Niagara are posted unsafe to swim including Bay Beach, Waverly Beach, Humberstone Centennial Park Beach, Sherkston Wyldewood and Long Beach. (610 CKTB)
With COVID-19 cases on the rise again in Ontario, business groups are asking the Ontario government to implement a vaccine certificate system as a means to avoid another lockdown. (CP 24)
Canada’s border officers reached a new tentative agreement with the federal government late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign. The deal came after 36 straight hours of mediated talks. (CBC News)
Brock University is not mandating staff and students to be vaccinated as interim president Lynn Wells said the university will follow provincial guidelines, which do not currently call for mandated vaccinations. (St. Catharines Standard)