\u27a2 A floaty is not a boat. Three adults got stranded four kilometers\u2019 into Lake Ontario on their giant inflatable pink flamingo this week. According to Hamilton Police the group was a family who went out around 10pm Tuesday night. They brought an air horn and oars along with them but didn’t bring any life jackets.
\nThey ended up floating on the water for four hours and were unable to paddle back to shore.
\nWhen the water temperature started to cool off, they decided to call 911. The report says that large ships\u00a0had also passed by them on the water, which was also a deciding factor to call for help. Luckily, the search crew was able to locate them and nobody needed medical assistance.<\/p>\n
Police shared a photo of the flamingo in question, and it looks almost as large as the cruisers in the background.<\/p>\n
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\u27a2 Here\u2019s something to do this weekend: Before sunrise on Sunday (July 19th), five planets\u2014Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn\u2014as well as the crescent moon will be visible in the sky all at the same time. One Astronomer says that all five planets and the moon will be visible to the naked eye 45 minutes before sunrise on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\u27a2 This is one way to ensure people keep their distance. A pub called Management at The Star Inn in the U.K.said its staff got tired of some patrons ignoring social distancing guidelines, and so installed an electric fence to shock people into behaving.<\/p>\n
The fence is a wire one, and is clearly marked so people will know what they\u2019re getting into should they get too close. The pub owner says the fence is usually turned off, but warns \u201cIt can be turned on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u27a2 The\u00a0“Golden Girls”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>house is on the market for the low, low price of $3 million.\u00a0 But if you’re thinking about buying it and retiring to Florida, I’ve got news for you . . . it’s actually in Los Angeles. And the inside looks nothing like it does on TV, because this house was used for EXTERIOR shots only.\u00a0 The series was filmed on a soundstage.<\/p>\n Also, the house was only used for Season 1.\u00a0 A replica was built on a studio backlot for subsequent seasons.\u00a0 It’s being sold because the original owners died.\u00a0 Their son says they didn’t even watch the show.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Netflix is now letting users remove items from their \u201cContinue Watching\u201d list. They\u2019re calling the new feature \u201cRemove From Row.\u201d It basically means if you start watching something and dislike it, it will no longer remain in your \u201cContinue Watching\u201d list. The feature was previously only available on Android devices, but as of June 29th it started rolling out for iOS devices. So it should now be available on all iOS devices in the near future.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1955 [65] \u2018Disneyland\u2019 officially opens in Anaheim CA, less than a year after construction began<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Alan Jackson<\/strong>‘s “Chattahoochee” began a four-week stay at #1 in 1993<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COMING TO CANADA <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n According to new data from the Canada Border Services Agency, more than 10,000 U.S. citizens have been turned away at the Canadian border during the pandemic \u2014 and almost half of them were hoping to enter Canada to shop, go sightseeing or simply for recreation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While half of the U.S. citizens were turned back for \u201cother\u201d reasons, which the CBSA did not expand on, a little over 2,700 citizens had to turn back when they said they were hoping to cross the border for “tourism” or “sightseeing.” More than 1,200 were rejected after revealing their trip was recreational in nature.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada shut its borders to foreigners in mid-March, initially exempting U.S. residents from the new rules. But within days the Canada-U.S. border had also shuttered to all non-essential travel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While there is an exemption allowing Americans to travel through Canada to reach Alaska, some U.S. citizens have been caught using this loophole to break Canadian rules. The Alberta RCMP issued six tickets to American travellers who decided to stop near Lake Louise for long hikes in the park in mid-June.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo, most travellers arriving in Canada have been willing to play by the rules.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, he had a message during his Tuesday press conference for those who are considering breaking COVID-19 precautions. “If you are coming from outside of Canada, please understand all of the efforts that Canadians have done inside of Canada to flatten the curve and to make sure that the transmission of the virus is as low as possible,” Njoo said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A Toronto woman has celebrated a birthday during a global pandemic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bessie Stallworthy just turned 105. The first time was\u00a0 in 1918, during the Spanish flu when Stallworthy was just three years old. The second when she turned 105 during Covid-19.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She admits she doesn’t remember much about her first pandemic birthday, but this was one she will never forget.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dozens of people gathered down the street from her home and then, on foot, paraded past her house to offer their best wishes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She was born on July 12, 1915, in London, England. Before moving to Canada in 1951, she’d already lived through two world wars and the great depression.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She\u2019s normally very active and has been trying to stay social but at a safe distance from those who visit. And she says while she heard stories about the 1918 pandemic from her mother, Covid-19 gives her pause. “Well this one is so different, I’m not sure how we’re going to come out of it.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As for what she might do to celebrate her 106th birthday next year, Stallworthy thinks for a second, and then says she’d like to fly to British Colombia, to visit family- including a new great-grandson she has yet to meet.\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [85] Donald Sutherland, Saint John NB, actor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [68] David Hasselhoff,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [44] Luke Bryan, country singer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n THINGS THAT MAKE YA GO HMMM\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n This Week in Science<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Here are four major moments in science that happened this week in history . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COMING TO CANADA <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n According to new data from the Canada Border Services Agency, more than 10,000 U.S. citizens have been turned away at the Canadian border during the pandemic \u2014 and almost half of them were hoping to enter Canada to shop, go sightseeing or simply for recreation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While half of the U.S. citizens were turned back for \u201cother\u201d reasons, which the CBSA did not expand on, a little over 2,700 citizens had to turn back when they said they were hoping to cross the border for “tourism” or “sightseeing.” More than 1,200 were rejected after revealing their trip was recreational in nature.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada shut its borders to foreigners in mid-March, initially exempting U.S. residents from the new rules. But within days the Canada-U.S. border had also shuttered to all non-essential travel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While there is an exemption allowing Americans to travel through Canada to reach Alaska, some U.S. citizens have been caught using this loophole to break Canadian rules. The Alberta RCMP issued six tickets to American travellers who decided to stop near Lake Louise for long hikes in the park in mid-June.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FRIDAY JULY 17TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/u><\/strong>\u2022 \u201cHarriet\u201d (HBO): The story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman from her escape from slavery through the dangerous missions she led to liberate hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad<\/li>\n