February 28, 2020

February 28th is the 59th day of the year. There are 307 days remaining until the end of the year.

Chatham-Kent Council will hold a special meeting tonight at the Civic Centre Council Chambers to discuss the possible failure of a portion of Erie Shore Drive dike.

All residents of Erie Shore Drive and Erieau are urged to attend. The meeting begins at 5:30.

Residents along Erie Shore Drive who feel that they cannot shelter in place and require emergency accommodations can call 519-354-6628, and let them know you live on Erie Shore Drive.

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) announced yesterday afternoon that a one-day strike will take place across Ontario on next Thursday.

OECTA had suspended rotating strikes last week as the two sides returned to the bargaining table, but talks broke off earlier this week.

 Heads up to anyone driving south through Detriot on I-75 that it will be closing tonight at 11. Detours will be in place.

The full closure is needed to demolish four bridges over the freeway.

Both directions of I-75 will reopen to traffic by 5am Monday. At that point, both directions of I-75 will only have two lanes open until the end of the 2020 construction season.

The Canadian government will not pay for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security.

RCMP protection will cease in a few weeks when they are officially no longer Royals.

“As the Duke and Duchess are currently recognized as Internationally Protected Persons, Canada has an obligation to provide security assistance on an as-needed basis. At the request of the Metropolitan Police, the RCMP has been providing assistance to the Met since the arrival of the Duke and Duchess to Canada intermittently since November 2019. The assistance will cease in the coming weeks, in keeping with their change in status.”

Only about one in five Canadians believed it was an appropriate use of tax money to pay for the couple’s security arrangements.

The annual cost for guarding Harry and Meghan is reportedly $25 million.

Tomorrow is February 29th, which we only get about once every four years.

Here are five things you should know about tomorrow’s Leap Day . . .
1. We need Leap Days because it takes the Earth slightly longer than 365 days to circle the sun. It actually takes 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds.

So without Leap Years, we’d be off by about six hours every year. That doesn’t sound like much, but over 100 years, it adds up to nearly 25 whole days.

2. It’s not as simple as adding a day every four years. For a particular year to be a Leap Year, three criteria must be met: One, the year must be evenly divisible by 4. Two, if the year can also be evenly divided by 100, it’s NOT a Leap Year. And three, if the year is evenly divisible by 400 then it is a Leap Year.

That’s why the year 2000 was a Leap Year, since it’s divisible by 400, but 2100 won’t be.

3. In addition to Leap Days and Leap Years, there’s also a Leap Second. The last one was added on December 31st, 2016, and the next one might be added on December 31st of this year.

4. Less than 0.07% of the world’s population is estimated to have been born on February 29th, which means only about 26,000 people in Canada have a birthday tomorrow. Or about 4.8 million people in the whole world.

5. People born during a Leap Year on February 29th are known as “leaplings,” “leapers,” or “leapsters” and some famous leapers include Tony Robbins, Antonio Sabato Jr., and Ja Rule.

Categorised in: 5 Things You Need To Know

This post was written by Chris McLeod