Doctors weigh in on how to avoid fourth wave of Covid-19 virus, Three refugee olympic athletes resettle in Canada, Garden at Fritz produce to support West Island food banks

Shanellie Marie 

Doctors weigh in on how to avoid fourth wave of Covid-19 virus 

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam is warning of a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant. 

The variant has been pushing up infection rates south of the border, with US president Biden saying more restrictions could be on the way. 

Doctors say the best way to avoid spreading the variant is to get vaccinated.

Three refugee olympic athletes resettle in Canada 

Three Sudanese-born olympians are members of The Refugee Olympic Team, made up of 29 elite athletes from 11 different countries. 

They fled Sudan when they were younger and each lived in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp.

The athletes will study at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario as part of the partnership with the The UN Refugee Agency and the world university services of Canada.

The non-profit helps more than 130 refugee students yearly, bringing them into Canada to study.

Garden at Fritz produce to support West Island food banks

Volunteers at the Baie D’Urfé Fritz Park garden harvested their first crop of produce in recent days. 

The garden started in 2014, and is picked two to three times per week.  

All the produce is fresh, organic and pesticide free.

The food was sent to the Pierrefond On Rocks Community Services group. 

President of the community service Kim Reid called the donation of fresh fruits and veggies “invaluable.”