October 27, 2020

October 27th is the 301st day of the year. There are 65 days remaining until the end of the year.

C-K Public Health Unit is reported 12 new COVID-19 cases Monday.

Chatham-Kent’s cumulative total has risen to 400 cases with Monday’s update, which includes cases confirmed on the weekend. Twenty-six cases are active. That’s the municipality’s highest total since there were 39 on August 20th.

851 reported new cases were reported across the province yesterday. 78% of the new positive cases are in the hotspots; Toronto, York, Peel and Ottawa. A lot of the recent cases have been attributed to Thanksgiving gatherings.

The Lambton Kent District School Board issued a COVID-19 advisory due to a probable case of COVID-19 within Chatham-Kent Secondary School.

Public health officials are working closely with the board to contact any students and staff members who may have been in potential contact with the virus.

The school remains open at this time.

The Ontario government has picked a Windsor contractor to install the concrete safety barriers on Highway 401 in Tilbury.

The announcement was made yesterday morning. Ontario is investing $67.8 million to widen and install concrete median barriers on the highway between Tilbury and Merlin Road.

Coco Paving has been selected to do the work on the 11 kilometres of highway, which also includes a new storm sewer system. The concrete barriers will enhance safety by helping to reduce the likelihood of cross-median collisions.

Ontario is enhancing safety and keeping goods moving by widening the first section of Highway 401 between Tilbury and Merlin Road. We will be expanding the highway from four to six lanes and will be installing concrete median barriers. More details: https://t.co/MZI2oTh2VK pic.twitter.com/Xkzv5psrlK

— Jeff Yurek (@JeffYurekMPP) October 26, 2020

NASA announced yesterday there’s water on the surface of the moon.

The new research published Monday suggests water is indeed scattered across the Moon’s surface, including in areas exposed to direct sunlight and in tiny pockets cast in permanent shade.

The first paper revealed it’s mainly H2O that exists on the lunar surface, rather than hydroxyl. That means the Moon is a lot more damp than scientists thought.

Future missions to the Moon are planned to land to further investigate. Those missions are expected before 2024 and will also include the first woman and man near the south lunar pole.

?? ICYMI… using our @SOFIATelescope, we found water on the Moon’s sunlit surface for the first time. Scientists think the water could be stored inside glass beadlike structures within the soil that can be smaller than the tip of a pencil. A recap: https://t.co/lCDDp7pbcl pic.twitter.com/d3CRe96LDm

— NASA (@NASA) October 26, 2020

A boutique grocery chain out of San Francisco called Bi-Rite is selling bouquets of, “organic fall leaves.” Yes, you’re buying a handful of red, orange, and yellow leaves for $15.

The leaves come from maple trees on a ranch in California. The owner of the ranch says, “They are three- to five-foot-tall branches with beautiful leaves.”

Categorised in: 5 Things You Need To Know

This post was written by Chris McLeod