June 12, 2020

June 12th is the 164th day of the year. There are 202 days remaining until the end of the year.

Phase 2 of reopening of Ontario is underway in most of the province.

As of 12:01 this morning, the following are now allowed:

• Outdoor dining areas only
• Services within a place of worship, with no more than 30% capacity
• Select personal and personal care services with the proper health and safety measures in place, including tattoo parlours, barbershops, hair and beauty salons that do not provide services that tend to the face
• Childcare centres with the proper health and safety measures in place
• Beach access and camping at provincial parks and private campgrounds
• Tour and guide services
• Shopping malls under existing restrictions, with food services reopening for take-out and outdoor dining only
• Outdoor-only recreational facilities and training for outdoor team sports, with physical distancing in place
• Drive-in and drive-through venues for theatres, concerts, animal attractions and cultural attractions, with individuals remaining in their vehicles at all times
• Weddings and funerals, with limits on social gatherings to 10 people

In Chatham-Kent restrictions are still in place for:

• Municipally operated pools
• Splash pads will remain closed until play structures are permitted to open
• Day camps
• Other types of organized activity that allow close proximity of children and youth to each other

Chatham-Kent   was selected because it has a low number of total cases and new daily cases and has sufficient hospital capacity in case of another wave or outbreak. Windsor-Essex and Sarnia-Lambton remain in Phase 1.

Tomorrow, many businesses and recreational activities across the province will reopen.

If you’re not ready to open safely tomorrow, don’t open. Please take the time you need to keep you, your staff, and your customers safe. pic.twitter.com/nB02sThUay

— Doug Ford (@fordnation) June 11, 2020

If you have family or friends in long-term care facilities and retirement homes, you will soon be able to visit their loved ones.

The provincial government announced yesterday that it will be lifting visitor restrictions at long-term care homes and retirement homes next week. Visits to these facilities have been restricted since mid-March.

Beginning Thursday, long-term care homes will allow outdoor visits of one person per resident each week at a minimum.

The United Way of Chatham-Kent is holding a Yard Sale this morning from 7-noon.

Hand sanitizer will be provided, masks recommended.

They’ve cleared out their storage areas and are inviting you to stop by to raise funds for COVID relief.

The United Way is at 425 McNaughton Ave, East in Chatham.

Costco Canada will not be resuming food sampling in stores anytime soon.

Costco’s in the U.S. are slowly re-introducing samples, we’re not following suit.

“At this time, there are no plans to resume sampling in Canadian locations.”

Band-Aid is launching a new line of bandages in a range of different skin tone colours — from beige to dark brown — to “embrace the beauty of diverse skin.”

The bandage brand, which is owned by Johnson & Johnson, said it plans to roll out the new product in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

The company has been petitioned for years to develop these types of products. The company didn’t say when the new Band-Aids would hit the shelves.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod