July 13, 2020

July 13th is the 195th day of the year. There are 171 days remaining until the end of the year.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford will unveil plans to move forward to Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan this afternoon.

Ontario will enter Stage 3 through a regional approach like it did when entering Stage 2.

Stage 3 could involve the reopening of businesses like movie theatres, gyms, fitness studios, casinos, amusement parks, indoor dining and bars. They have all been shut since the Ontario government ordered all businesses to close in March.

Ontario reported 129 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Chatham-Kent currently has 8 active cases.

After a record number of swabs in Tilbury last week, the mobile COVID testing will move to Blenheim this week.

Anyone who would like to be tested can stop by Blenheim on Thursday and Friday (10-6) for the Drive Thru test at the Blenheim Arena.

Check here for more info.

Tilbury is the Field of Dreams: “If you build it they will come.” Yesterday we set a record, 281 swabs! Mobile testing partners come together to serve our communities. ⁦@CK_OHT⁩ ⁦⁦@CKPublicHealth⁩ ⁦@CKEMS_CP⁩ Tilbury & District FHT ⁦@ckhamedia⁩ pic.twitter.com/NcSEalk06S

— Lori Marshall (@LoriBMarshall) July 10, 2020

The NHL and the players have finally agreed on a plan to finish the 2020 season.

The plan has the season officially beginning with playoff qualifiers on August 1st. The playoffs will start on August 11th.

The Stanley Cup Finals will begin on September 22nd with a last possible day of playing on October 4th.

The NHL is using Edmonton and Toronto as their two “hub” cities to host their playoff games. Players not comfortable playing under these conditions have the right to opt by out by 5pm today with no penalty.

A couple of stories that just seem to fit in 2020.

First, a 54-year-old guy just outside of Aspen, Colorado was attacked by a bear on Friday when the bear managed to open the door to the guy’s house, barge inside, and then swipe at the guy’s face and neck.

Wildlife officials caught and euthanized the bear, and they say there’s nothing this guy did that made the bear break into his house or attack him, the bear did all that on his own. The man will be alright.

And scientists in Australia have found a new species of shark that can get out of the water and walk on land.

They say there are a few species of shark that can “walk” on their fins, but this new one they found developed the ability more recently. Yes, sharks are evolving the ability to hop out of the water.

A Super Mario Brothers game from 1985 sold for $114,000. It’s the highest price ever paid for a video game, passing the $100,150 someone paid last year for another copy of the same game.

The game cartridge was released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System console.

This version of Super Mario Bros. was rare because the box comes with a cardboard hang tab underneath the plastic, an indication that it was produced after Nintendo started using shrink-wrap to seal the games rather than stickers.

Sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. breaks record for most expensive game ever sold https://t.co/FccKTzXIL4 pic.twitter.com/l6j6s5s8If

— The Verge (@verge) July 10, 2020

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This post was written by Chris McLeod