January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021 5:55 am Published by

January 15th is the 15th day of 2021. There are 350 days remaining until the end of the year.

COVID19 has claimed another life in Chatham-Kent. The 91-year-old man was from Chatham-Kent and was living at home before he got sick. Our thoughts go out to his family.

Chatham-Kent Public Health reported 14 new positive cases Thursday. There were 9 recoveries, leaving 125 active cases.

There are now nine COVID-19 patients in the hospital and six are C-K residents.

After 3 straight days with less than 3,000 positive cases, Ontario reported 3,326 new cases Thursday. The hotspots are Toronto, Peel, York and Windsor-Essex.

Despite Ontario’s Stay At Home order, CKTransit will continue to operate regular hours for riders requiring transportation.

They remind riders that face coverings are mandatory on public transit and practice physical distancing wherever possible, even at bus stops.

Please visit CKTransit.ca for more information.

The record for the most expensive trading card ever just got smashed.

A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card sold for $5.2 million in November. The sale was made public Thursday.

The card is one of nine known in existence in its condition. It sold to Rob Gough, an entrepreneur and actor.

The card nearly doubled its value since it was previously sold in 2018 for $2.8 million. There’s been a trading card boom within the industry in recent years, with 2020 being a very strong year for sports cards.

This previous record set by a Mike Trout rookie card when it sold for $3.94 million in August.

The Consumer Electronics wrapped up yesterday in Las Vegas.

The gadget getting a lot of buzz this year is a machine called ColdSnap. It looks and functions like a Keurig but it’s for soft serve ice cream.

You’ll be able to buy recyclable ice cream pods of varying flavours and freezing them in about 90 seconds before dispensing it into a cup or cone. The company is also working on pods for smoothies, frozen coffees, protein shakes, non-dairy ice cream and frozen cocktails, such as mud slides and daiquiris. The machine reads a QR code on top of the pod’s label to find the specific freezing temperature for each product.

Coldsnap is supposed to be available later this year, but it carries a steep price tag, $1000!

Check them out here for more info. 

Tonight’s Mega Millions lottery jackpot is worth $750 million with a lump sum cash payout of $550.6 million.

The jackpot the 8th largest in history. For some reason January has a history of big wins for Mega Millions. There have been 16 jackpots awarded during the month since the start of the lottery game in 2002.

Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is nothing to sneeze at; It is worth $640 million with a lump sum cash payout of $478.7 million.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod