March 13, 2020

March 13th is the 73rd day of the year. There are 293 days remaining until the end of the year.

Schools in Ontario will remain closed after today until April 5th. March Break is next week, followed by 2 weeks out of the classroom.

Classes at Western are cancelled starting today until Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, March 18, classes will be online through to the end of term.

St. Clair College has cancelled its open house at all campuses, scheduled for March 21st, in response to COVID-19 concerns.

Disneyland and Disney World are closing due to the coronavirus.

It’s just the fourth time Disneyland has closed since it opened in 1955. The other three times were: After the September 11th attacks, the Northridge quake in 1994 and when President Kennedy was shot in 1963.

New York City postponed its St. Patrick’s Day parade on Wednesday for the first time in its 258-YEAR history. And China even shut down access to Mount Everest yesterday because of the virus

Two of the biggest events companies in the world postponed ALL of their major concert tours yesterday because of the coronavirus. AEG and Live Nation are both shutting down their events until at least April. It’s not clear when they’ll be rescheduled, or what they’re doing about refunds yet.

Basically every professional sport has been shut down indefinitely by the coronavirus, including the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NHL, the NCAA’s March Madness, OHL, Major League Soccer and even the XFL.

OMHA and OWHA have suspended all hockey related activities, meaning no finals that were to begin this weekend.

NASCAR is going to hold its next two races without fans.

The PBA, the Professional Bowlers Association will go ahead with their planned tournament this weekend. They are restricting spectators to players, families, and officials though.

Monkeys are fighting for food in Thailand because of a tourist shortage due to the coronavirus.

Monkeys are usually well-fed because of the tourists. The coronavirus is killing local tourism and that’s making it harder for monkeys to get fed on city streets.

Hungry monkeys fight over a banana in Thailand as tourist numbers plummet because of coronavirus pic.twitter.com/KNxBvc3wmJ

— The Sun (@TheSun) March 12, 2020

It’s Friday the 13th.

Considered the most unlucky day on the calendar in Western society. In Italy, Friday the 17th is considered a day of bad luck.

Friday the 13th happens at least once every year but can’t occur any more than three times in the same year. A Friday the 13th occurs during any month that begins on a Sunday. There is another Friday the 13th in 2020, in November.

In Ontario, motorcyclists head to Port Dover to celebrate. PD13.com for more info.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod