June 1, 2020

June 1st is the 153rd day of the year. There are 213 days remaining until the end of the year.

CK Transit routes are slowly returning to normal.

Starting this morning, Routes 1-5 will return to normal operating hours on a 30-minute basis, Monday-Saturday.

The On-Request Evening Service in Chatham will resume between 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, with reduced capacity. Details on how to request a trip can be found here.

The use of public transit is still only to be used for essential purposes, such as going to or from work or going to purchase essential goods.

The province has introduced new electricity rate relief measures as a result of the pandemic.

Ontario ratepayers will now pay a fixed price of 12.8 cents per kilowatts/hour at all times of the day.

Referred to as the COVID-19 Recovery Rate, the pricing will be automatically applied to all time-of-use customers starting on June 1 and be in effect until October 31.

Today, the Ontario government announced a new fixed electricity price of 12.8 cents per kWh for Time-of-Use customers. We’re here for customers with our Pandemic Relief Fund, which provides payment options and flexibility. Learn more: https://t.co/elhphE5okr. pic.twitter.com/JA1jQjBeq8

— Hydro One (@HydroOne) May 30, 2020

Today is the deadline for Canadians to file their 2019 tax returns. Self-employed individuals and their spouses, have until June 15th to file.

Those who do not file on time won’t be hit with a penalty as long as they file before September 1st. All payments are due on that date.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) extended the normal April 30 filing deadline back in March as part of the initial COVID-19 relief measures.

COVID-19 benefits will not be factored into this year’s return. However, benefits for individuals and businesses, including the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), are taxable income and will be part of next year’s return.

The SpaceX launch happened Saturday, two days after it got delayed by weather.

The astronauts arrived at the Space Station yesterday morning. It’s the first time astronauts have launched from U.S. soil since 2011, and the first time a private company has ever put people in orbit.

This is the first time in human history @NASA_Astronauts have entered the @Space_Station from a commercially-made spacecraft. @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug have finally arrived to the orbiting laboratory in @SpaceX‘s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. pic.twitter.com/3t9Ogtpik4

— NASA (@NASA) May 31, 2020

A professional runner in New York broke the world record for running the fastest mile, in jeans. He ran it in four minutes, six seconds.

On Saturday, Johnny Gregorek put on a pair of blue jeans and raced a mile in 4:06.25 around the track at a school in New York. His effort was broadcast on Instagram Live, and more than 1,800 fans tuned in to watch.

The previous record for the Blue Jeans Mile, an informal event that began in 2017, was 4:11.80.

Over $31,000 was raised for charity, including $500 from Levi’s. Johnny wore a pair of 501’s to set the record.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod