November 9, 2020

November 9, 2020 5:55 am Published by

November 6th is the 311th day of the year. There are 55 days remaining until the end of the year.

For the third time in a week, the province has broke its record of new Ontario COVID-19 cases.

Saturday, the province recorded 1,132 new cases — a new high. Sunday, Ontario reported 1,328, once again breaking its own record.

Before this, the record was set with 1,050 cases Tuesday, on November 3rd.

84% of the new cases are in Toronto, Peel, York, Ottawa, Hamilton and Durham.

Chatham-Kent Public Health does not update numbers on the weekend, we will have an update later this afternoon.

The Chatham Goodfellows will begin taking names for hampers by phone this morning.

Those in need can call 519-354-1146 beginning at 8am. You can also go to ChathamGoodfellows.ca to register online.

No referrals permitted.

Joe Biden will be America’s 46th president.

On Saturday, Pennsylvania and Nevada were called for Biden, which pushed him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win. President Trump hasn’t conceded, and votes are still being counted.

Kamala Harris will become the first female, first Black and first South Asian Vice President.

The National Toy Hall of Fame announced that its three inductees this year are Baby Nancy dolls, sidewalk chalk, and Jenga.

If you aren’t as familiar with Baby Nancy, it was one of the first popular black dolls ever. It debuted in 1968 and the people behind the Hall of Fame say it made, “commercial and cultural breakthroughs.”

There were nine other finalists that didn’t get enough votes from toy industry experts, historians, and the general public to make it into the Hall of Fame this year. They are: Bingo, Breyer Horses, Lite-Brite, He-Man action figures, My Little Pony, Risk, the game Sorry!, Tamagotchi and Yahtzee.

You can now sign up to tour the Titanic shipwreck in a mini-submarine.

Beginning in the Spring, there will be a series of six dives planned to visit the British passenger ship that caused the deaths of 1,500 when it sunk in 1912.

In addition to the six- to eight-hour dive, the excursion also includes a private cabin on an eight-day sail from Canada.

Tourists will be invited to take a turn driving the five-person submarine — which has Sony PlayStation-inspired controls — during the 90-minute descent to the Titanic’s final resting place, 2.4 miles below the North Atlantic Ocean’s surface.

The cost is $125,000 per person.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod