April 30, 2020

April 30th is the 121st day of the year. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year.

Chatham-Kent’s temporary COVID-19 isolation shelter has opened at the John D Bradley Centre. The shelter has beds available for any person in need.

The Employment and Social Services division opened the doors Wednesday for community members who are experiencing homelessness.

New residents are screened for suitability 7 days a week 8am-10pm. After-hours support is continuing to be offered by the Homeless Response Line. Individuals can reach the line by calling 519.354.6628.

For more information visit Chatham-Kent.ca/ess.

The Canadian Armed Forces is sending Snowbirds aerobatics team on a cross-country tour to boost Canadians morale.

Prime Minister Trudeau made the announcement Wednesday morning. The flyovers will begin in Nova Scotia this weekend and work their way west throughout the week.

We are heading across the country to salute all Canadians doing their part to fight the spread of Covid-19. Our routes (posted here!) will target hospitals and residential neighbourhoods. More: https://t.co/zp8vIoDVnm. #cfsnowbirds #rcaf #ThankYouHealthWorkers pic.twitter.com/z4K3UhcfY8

— CF Snowbirds (@CFSnowbirds) April 29, 2020

The Toronto Blue Jays are now offering refunds for cancelled baseball games due to the pandemic.

Refunds and account credits will be available for games scheduled in March, April and May.

Additional information on refunds can be found here.

MLB finally allowed teams to begin issuing refunds earlier this week. There is still hope an abbreviated season can be played this year.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is paying engineers and contractors a lot of money to build a massive, multi-room clock inside a mountain in West Texas.

The clock will tell time for the next 10,000 years. The clock is designed to tick just once a year and chime once per millennium. It’ll be 500 feet tall, and “all mechanical, powered by day / night thermal cycles, and synchronized at solar noon.”

So far, the clock has cost $42 million to build.

Bezos explained the clock as a way to remind people that the far future not only exists, but will happen to their descendants.

If you’ve run out of shows to watch on Netflix, switch over to YouTube for the Drain Addict. The YouTube channel devoted exclusively to an Australian plumber’s adventures unclogging drains.

Drain Addict has over 400 videos on the channel, and over 200,000 subscribers. Check out his channel here.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod