June 18, 2020

June 18th is the 170th day of the year. There are 196 days remaining until the end of the year.

Premier Doug Ford has extended emergency orders until June 30th.

They were set to expire on Friday. The orders have to be extended every two weeks. The government said it would continue to review each order on an ongoing, case by case basis to see if it can be safely lifted without causing a spike in COVID-19 cases across the province.

The full list of emergency orders in effect is on the Government of Ontario website. They include banning social gatherings of more than 10 people.

The Foundation of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance launched the Igniting Healthcare 50/50 fundraiser yesterday.

The last one 50/50 draw netted the winner from Blenheim over $149,000!

Purchase your tickets online at www.ignite5050.ca. 10 for $10, 60 for $20 or 200 for $50.

Draw date is August 26th.

Twitter has launched a new audio tweet feature. The feature allows you to record 140 seconds of audio and then tweet it out in a post.

What if you have more to say than a 140 second clip? Once you reach the time limit for a Tweet, a new voice Tweet starts automatically to create a thread.

It will be available to a limited number of users on Apple’s iOS platform for now and be rolled out for more iOS users in the coming weeks.

You can Tweet a Tweet. But now you can Tweet your voice!

Rolling out today on iOS, you can now record and Tweet with audio. pic.twitter.com/jezRmh1dkD

— Twitter (@Twitter) June 17, 2020

Kent Minor Hockey is working towards the upcoming season based on Hockey Canada Return to Hockey guidelines.

They are looking for information to help plan for the upcoming season.

An online survey has been set up. This is not a registration form and all information will be used for planning purposes only.

Players have a chance at winning a Kent Cobra cap.

Click here for the online survey. 

Windsor to be test market for Popeyes Spicy Chicken Sandwich in Canada.

The Canadian wing of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen announced that the fast food chain’s wildly popular Spicy Chicken Sandwich is making its debut in Alberta this month. And after chicken fans in Edmonton, Red Deer, and Grande Prairie have had a taste of the sandwich, the next cities where it is expected to be available are Windsor and London.

While dates have been announced for the Spicy Chicken Sandwich roll-out in Alberta, the dates for Windsor and London are dependent on when each city will proceed to Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan.

The sandwich will be launched nationwide in the fall.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod