June 9, 2020

June 9, 2020 5:55 am Published by

June 9th is the 161st day of the year. There are 205 days remaining until the end of the year.

Premier Doug Ford has announced a regional approach for Phase 2 of reopening Ontario.

A total of 34 regions of the province will be allowed to move onto Phase 2 starting on Friday at 12:01am.

Businesses and services that will be permitted to reopen with proper health and safety measures in place in regions entering Stage 2 include:

    • Outdoor dine-in services at restaurants, bars and other establishments, including patios, curbside, parking lots and adjacent properties
    • Select personal and personal care services with the proper health and safety measures in place, including tattoo parlours, barbershops, hair salons and beauty salons
    • Shopping malls under existing restrictions, including food services reopening for take-out and outdoor dining only
    • Tour and guide services, such as bike and walking, bus and boat tours, as well as tasting and tours for wineries, breweries and distilleries
    • Water recreational facilities such as outdoor splash pads and wading pools, and all swimming pools
    • Beach access and additional camping at Ontario Parks
    • Camping at private campgrounds
    • Outdoor-only recreational facilities and training for outdoor team sports, with limits to enable physical distancing
    • Drive-in and drive-through venues for theatres, concerts, animal attractions and cultural appreciation, such as art installations
    • Film and television production activities, with limits to enable physical distancin
    • Weddings and funerals, with limits on social gatherings to 10 people

Regardless of whether a region has moved to Phase 2, the province will also increase the limit on social gatherings from five to 10 people across the province starting on Friday.

All places of worship in Ontario will be permitted to open with physical distancing in place and attendance limited to no more than 30% of the building capacity to ensure the safety of worshippers.

Windsor-Essex and Sarnia-Lambton is not permitted to move into Phase 2, yet.

If you are a business owner or employee and are in need of PPE, check here for resources on where to get equipped for reopening.

A heat warning is in effect for Chatham Kent.

Environment Canada issued the warning yesterday afternoon with extreme heat in the forecast for today and tomorrow.

Daytime temperatures around the low 30’s with the humidex pushing it closer to 40.

Temperatures are expected to cool off by tomorrow night.

With the Premier’s announcement about Phase 2 yesterday, Tim Horton’s plans to open 1,000 patios across the country by early July.

Existing outdoor areas, under-utilized parking spaces, or blocked off laneways will be considered.

Ten years ago, an art dealer and author named Forrest Fenn put at least $1 million worth of gold, jewelry, and other valuable items in a treasure chest and hid it somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.

And he included some vague clues on how to find it in his autobiography, called The Thrill of the Chase.

Thousands of people have tried to find it in the past decade, including at least two people who died trying and two others who had to be rescued from near-death situations.

Well, Fenn announced on Sunday, “the search is over.”

He says someone from “back East” who didn’t want to be revealed used the clues from a 24-line poem in Fenn’s book to locate the treasure and confirmed he’d found it with a photograph.

A worker at an Amazon warehouse in Wales is asking customers to check their packages for the engagement ring that fell off her finger at work.

The warehouse manager even stopped work on the floor to search the warehouse and trucks, but employees were unable to locate the ring.

The young woman is asking anyone who finds a ring they did not order inside their Amazon package to contact her on Facebook or report the discovery to Amazon.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod