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SOLIDARITY FOR RESIDENTIAL LE BOAT WITH SUSAN ELIUK BASEBALL BACK AFTER LONG SCHOOL VICTIMS HIATUS PAGE 10 PAGE 4-5 PAGE 11 A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER ALWAYS FREE! July 7th, 2021 | PG 1 Raymond Garcia PG 3 |July 7th, 2021 REOPENING EXPANDS AS THIRD WAVE CONTINUES DESCENT By London Review Staff in Ontario (a strain that is more easily leagues and events, outdoor cinemas, – including 226 deaths – through July transmissible and has proven tougher performing arts, live music events and 2. The number of Delta variant positive As June came to a close, the province for vaccines to prevent) should mean attractions, and outdoor horse racing cases was up to 19. moved into Step 2 of its reopening that residents act just as carefully and and motor speedways. plan, as things continued to move take the necessary precautions to avoid As of June 28, the MLHU expanded closer to normalcy with the third wave being infected. Meanwhile, ‘personal care services,’ such its shortened second vaccine dose of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing as hair salons, have also been allowed to intervals (for the mRNA vaccines, Pfizer its decline – and vaccination rates Nevertheless, with case counts down reopen at 25 percent capacity – but only and Moderna) to everyone aged 12 and continuing to climb. significantly, and vaccination rates in situations where face coverings can older (this was made possible due to increasing, the region has seen further be worn at all times. an increase in vaccine supply and staff New case counts in the region continued reopening with the move to Step 2 in resources). to be in the single digits as the calendar the province’s ‘Roadmap to Reopen,’ Step 2 will last for at least three weeks flipped from June to July. On July 2, 13 which began June 30 and expands – despite the vaccination rates and new “This is a big step toward ensuring new cases were reported (although that indoor gatherings to allow up to five daily case counts reaching the threshold that all individuals in our region have marked a two-day total, as reporting people and outdoor gatherings to allow to move on to Step 3. Ontario’s new the opportunity to enjoy a two-dose didn’t happen on Canada Day), and the up to 25 people. Perhaps most visibly, chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran summer,” said Mackie, noting that Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) this change has seen restaurant patios Moore, made that clear in a late June second doses must not be administered reported 63 active cases of the novel reopen across the city. press conference, where he said he any earlier than 28 days after one’s first coronavirus. preferred to act carefully – particularly mRNA dose. That applies to the Pfizer Per the Ontario government, Step 2 with the increase in cases of the Delta and Moderna vaccines. Individuals who Later that same day, however, the involves ‘further expanding outdoor variant. received the AstraZeneca vaccine as MLHU declared a COVID-19 outbreak activities and resuming limited indoor their first does must wait at least eight as a result of six people testing positive services with small numbers of people “The two-to-three-week cycle is very weeks before receiving a second does from indoor gatherings. The gatherings and with face coverings being worn.’ In important to maintain,” Moore said, “so – although that dose may be an mRNA happened at Christ Embassy Church order to reach Step 2, 70 percent of the that we do the opening of Ontario in a vaccine. (1472 Dundas Street), between June 20 to province’s adults (18+) were required to stepwise manner, always going forward June 30, and the health unit asked those be vaccinated with one dose (and 20 and not having to take a step back. We The MLHU is adding more than 6,500 who attended to monitor themselves percent vaccinated with two doses). In need to be prudent, and we need that new vaccine appointments each day. for symptoms of COVID-19 (and to get fact, upwards of 42 percent of adults 21 days to be able to understand the On the other hand, local pharmacies tested if symptoms develop). had received two doses (and were impact of opening on our communities.” have experienced a backlog due to a considered fully vaccinated) by July, as shortage of supply, meaning increased “This outbreak shows how easily Ontario surpassed the 15 million mark of On July 2, Ontario reported just 200 new waitlists. Health officials urge Londoners COVID-19 will spread if we let our guard vaccines administered. COVID-19 cases from the previous day not to be discouraged from continuing down,” Dr. Chris Mackie, MLHU’s Medical (and 284 the day before). That put the to try and book an appointment, though. Officer of Health, said in a statement. As part of Step 2, outdoor dining allows seven-day rolling average at 258 (down All pharmacies in London are now “Factors contributing to this outbreak for up to six people per table (and more if from 292 a week prior). However, 28 new authorized to provide a second dose of included a lack of masking, inconsistent all people are from the same household). deaths were also reported for the two the vaccine to anyone 18 years or older. physical distancing, attending public Essential and some other select retail days, bringing the total to 9,196 since events while symptomatic, unnecessary stores are allowed to open at 50 percent the beginning of the pandemic last year. If going through the MLHU, individuals indoor gathering outside of religious capacity, while non-essential retail Since then, Ontario had experienced in London can book an appointment ceremonies, and indoor gatherings that outlets are able to open at 25 percent 545,381 lab-confirmed cases of the virus. to receive a vaccine by visiting www. had more than the limit of five people in capacity. Stores in shopping malls have covidvaccinelm.ca or phoning 226- attendance.” even reopened, albeit with restrictions. In London region, 13 cases were reported 289-3560 (open 8am to 7:30pm daily). on July 2 (covering two days, as numbers For more information about vaccine In other words, while the region Other services and/or activities allowed were not reported on Canada Day). The eligibility, Londoners should visit www. continues its slow re-opening, health to open at 25 percent capacity include MLHU reported that 63 cases remained healthunit.com/covid-19-vaccine- officials are urging Londoners to remain public libraries, ‘outdoor meeting and ‘active.’ Since the beginning of the eligibility. vigilant, as the pandemic is not over. event spaces,’ outdoor amusement and pandemic, in March 2020, the health In fact, an increase in the Delta variant water parks, outdoor sports games, unit had reported 12,582 COVID-19 cases Micheal Yates Came across a group of bee hive-rises July 7th, 2021 | PG 4 THOUSANDS SHOW SOLIDARITY FOR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL VICTIMS An estimated 10,000 people, most wearing orange, turned out to Victoria Park on Canada Day for the Turtle Island Healing Walk, an event held to show solidarity with Indigenous people – including those lost and impacted by the former residential school system in Canada. More Raymond Garcia than 1,100 unmarked graves have been discovered in recent weeks at former schools in western Canada. By London Review Staff took to Twitter to express his thoughts, while saying that he found the news heartbreaking. They came out in droves. By the thousands, “It is a painful reminder of that dark and in fact. In lieu of ‘celebrating’ Canada Day this shameful chapter of our country’s history,” year, more than 10,000 people turned out Trudeau said. “I am thinking about everyone for a gathering in downtown London and a affected by this distressing news. We are walk in solidarity with Indigenous people – in here for you.” light of the spate of recent unmarked graves being identified at former residential schools Then, 751 graves were identified at a former that operated in Canada for generations. residential school in Saskatchewan. And on the day before Canada Day, another 182 It was dubbed the Turtle Island Healing unmarked graves were discovered near the Walk, and it featured speakers, a moment of location of another former residential school silence, and a powerful show of solidarity for in BC. It is likely many more findings will those who suffered abuses – and who lost follow. their lives – over the decades that Canada operated residential schools across the In a statement on June 21, National Indigenous country. Peoples Day, Trudeau said that the 25th anniversary of the Day, meant to celebrate It was, indeed, a sea of orange at Victoria Indigenous peoples from coast to coast, Park, as thousands wore the colour that has served as a ‘stark reminder of the systemic come to represent the reconciliation and oppression, inequalities, and discrimination healing of Indigenous wounds brought about that Indigenous peoples have endured over by residential schools. People wore orange the past years, decades, and centuries, and t-shirts with the slogan ‘every child matters,’ the injustices and challenges they continue while orange smoke was released into the air. to face today.’ Canada Day became much more complicated “Saying sorry for these tragedies is not this year, in light of the recently-identified enough,” Trudeau said. “We need to right past mass, unmarked graves that have been wrongs and address ongoing challenges, and found in recent weeks at former residential we can only accomplish this with action.” schools operated in Canada. It began with the discovery, in late May, of the remains of On Canada Day, local citizens took action – 215 children who had once been enrolled at at least in an effort to honour those whose a former residential school in Kamloops, BC.

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