September 21, 2020

September 21st is the 265th day of the year. There are 101 days remaining until the end of the year.

In case you missed it, on Saturday morning Ontario scaled back social gathering limits across province.

Effective immediately for unmonitored and private social gatherings:

• 10 person limit for indoor gatherings
• 25 person limit for outdoor gatherings
  For the next 28 days.

Unmonitored and private social gatherings include functions, parties, dinners, gatherings, BBQs or wedding receptions held in private residences, backyards, parks and other recreational areas.

Ontario applies lower limits for unmonitored and private social gatherings to entire province, effective September 19, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. https://t.co/ILQ9VYcrNO pic.twitter.com/9657wu8FqJ

— ONTHealth (@ONThealth) September 19, 2020

We won’t be crossing the border anytime soon.

The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel for another month.

Federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair made the announcement Friday.

Restrictions were set to expire on Monday, September 21st.

We are extending non-essential travel restrictions with the United States until October 21st, 2020. We will continue to base our decisions on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe.

— Bill Blair (@BillBlair) September 18, 2020

The COVID pandemic ruined the emoji rollout for 2020. Like everything this year, because the timeline got pushed back for coronavirus. So we all still haven’t gotten this year’s new emojis, which included things like a pinching finger hand, ninja, and mouse trap.

The 2021 emoji rollout has been announced and since we’re behind, next year’s crop is pretty sparse.

The new emojis for 2021 are: A man and woman with a hipster haircut and beard, a heart wrapped in bandages, a heart on fire, a face with swirly eyes, a face in the clouds and a face puffing out smoke.

These should hit our phones sometime next year.

Having a hard time finding your favourite pop at the grocery store? Blame COVID.

When the pandemic first began in March, many people switched from purchasing bottles of pop at the store or drinking fountain pop at restaurants to taking home 12-packs to drink with lunch or dinner.

That’s a big reason behind the shortage, the other is the shortage of aluminum cans. Coke has had to prioritize which brands it uses due to the limited number of cans.

There’s a new app called Mole and basically, it lets you hire anonymous strangers to work as your spies.

You go on the app when you want to see live video of a certain location, and someone who’s at that location will get a few bucks to livestream it to you.

Download it here.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod