An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at Brantford General Hospital’s emergency room.
On Sunday, Brant Community Healthcare Systems posted notification of the outbreak to social media saying two members 0f the BCHS team have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Health officials have started contact tracing and say there has been no clear link established between the two cases. No patients were affected.

Police are warning Six Nations residents about an ongoing phone scam.
The fraudsters appear to be calling from Six Nations Police emergency line and claim they are with Service Canada — looking for people’s social insurance numbers.
A fake name and badge number are being provided to targeted victims.
Police say not to provide banking or personal information over the phone and say they would never ask for banking or social insurance numbers.

Canada’s energy regulator has named a new advisory committee that aims to change how it interacts with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
The Indigenous advisory committee, which includes eight First Nations and Metis individuals from across Canada, is part of legislation the Liberals brought in last year to impose new rules for environmental assessments.
Cassie Doyle, chair of the Canada Energy Regulator’s board of directors, says the committee will not deal with specific projects or regulatory decision-making or provide advice on individual projects that go before the regulator for approval.
Doyle says it will instead provide more high-level insight on ways the agency can strengthen its relationships with Indigenous Peoples and better reflect Indigenous knowledge and culture in the way it regulates projects.
She says the committee could, for example, give recommendations on the management of work camps operated by energy companies.
There have been concerns in recent months about possible outbreaks of the novel coronavirus in camps located near First Nations communities.

Indigenous demonstrators have returned to the site of a housing development at the centre of a land dispute in southern Ontario, the day after nine people were arrested following a violent clash with police.
Provincial police say they went to the McKenzie Meadows development on the outskirts of Caledonia, Ont., on Wednesday to enforce a court injunction ordering demonstrators off the land.
OPP allege some of the occupiers threw “large rocks” at officers, and officers responded by firing a single round from a weapon that shoots rubber bullets.
They say nine people were arrested and later released.

Indigenous demonstrators have returned to the site of a housing development at the centre of a land dispute in southern Ontario, the day after nine people were arrested following a violent clash with police.
Provincial police say they went to the McKenzie Meadows development on the outskirts of Caledonia, Ont., on Wednesday to enforce a court injunction ordering demonstrators off the land.
OPP allege some of the occupiers threw “large rocks” at officers, and officers responded by firing a single round from a weapon that shoots rubber bullets.
They say nine people were arrested and later released.

A British Columbia First Nation has ended its legal battle against the provincial government and BC Hydro over the Site C dam, a project the nation originally claimed was a $1-billion treaty violation.
A statement from the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation says the Prophet River First Nation, province and BC Hydro have reached agreements ending the civil claim.
The matter involved the allegation that development of BC Hydro’s Site C dam on the Peace River in northeastern B.C., would destroy Indigenous territory and violate Aboriginal rights protected by Treaty 8.
The statement, released jointly by the province, Crown utility and First Nation, says B.C. will work to improve land management and restore traditional place names in areas of cultural significance.
Prophet River also receives ongoing payments while the Site C project is operating, and provincial Crown lands will be transferred to the nation along with a licence for woodland management.