October 23, 2020

October 23rd is the 297th day of the year. There are 69 days remaining until the end of the year.

C-K Public Health Unit is reporting two new COVID-19 cases.

As of Thursday afternoon, there are a total of 14 active cases.

841 reported new cases were reported across the province Thursday. 80% of the new positive cases are in the hotspots; Toronto, York, Peel and Ottawa.

The Chatham Goodfellows are continuing with its No Child Without a Christmas this season.

They’re asking those that would normally donate during the Porchlight campaign to drop off donations this weekend to the former Motor Wheel plant at the corner of Riverview and Bloomfield, follow the signs.

The drive thru drop off will be open Saturday and Sunday from 9-3. Volunteers will take the toys out of your trunk and no contact is needed.

For more information on this years No Child Without a Christmas campaign, go to ChathamGoodfellows.ca.

We heard yesterday that Tim Horton’s is doing away with double-cupping coffees next month, now they’re working on a customer option that would allow you to pay a deposit and receive your order in reusable, returnable cups and food packaging.

Once the you’re done they could return the cups and other containers to a participating restaurant and have their deposit refunded. Tim Hortons says the cups and food containers would then be cleaned, sanitized and used again.

The test program is expected to start next year at select Toronto restaurants.

Tim’s had planned to give away nearly two million reusable cups earlier in the eyar but had to pause the plan due to the pandemic.

Starting in 2021, in an effort to reduce the amount of packaging used, we’ll be piloting a reusable packaging project with @LoopStore_US.

Details here: https://t.co/azuc9PHIYF pic.twitter.com/5ipUlebRhe

— Tim Hortons (@TimHortons) October 22, 2020

Scientists in Germany set a new record for the shortest unit of time ever measured: 247 zeptoseconds.

A “zeptosecond” is one-trillionth of a billionth of a second. Or 0.0 followed by another 19 zeroes, and then a 1.

Scientists have measured time in zeptoseconds more than a century after Einstein’s theory https://t.co/zGgN8FyM4h

— Albert Einstein (@AlbertEinstein) October 22, 2020

While it’s not completely unusual to see warmer temperatures late into October, it’s not something we’re used to.

Today’s daytime high is 22, and with the humidex it could feel like 27. There is a chance of showers or a thunderstorm later this afternoon.

Typically the average high for end of October is close to 12 degrees, and that’s on a good day. This October we have had mainly above seasonal temperatures, but that trend seems to be coming to an end after today. Long range forecasts are saying single digit highs to finish off the month.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod