February 16, 2021

February 16th is the 47th day of 2021. There are 318 days remaining until the end of the year.

As of 12:01 this morning Chatham-Kent is now in a Red-Control zone in Ontario’s colour-coded pandemic response framework.

Under Red-Control, in-person shopping and retail are allowed with some capacity restrictions. For more information on what is and isn’t allowed in a Red zone, go here.

The province began a gradual reopening of its economy last Wednesday.

Effective Feb 16 at 12:01 a.m., @CKPublicHealth is moving to Red-Control under the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework.

Learn about the #PublicHealth measures you need to follow at: https://t.co/aOnrOH8nJK. pic.twitter.com/wp6WbTeBgp

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 15, 2021

Because of the Family Day holiday, garbage and recycling pickups are being pushed back one day this week.

It’s Paczki Day!

Also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras (french for Fat Tuesday) Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday.

Always celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent and traditionally the final chance to indulge.

Michael McDowell won the 63rd annual Daytona 500 early Monday in Daytona Beach, Florida.

This is his fourteenth time racing in the Daytona 500 and his first ever win. He takes home the trophy and about $1.5 million.

About 30,000 fans were allowed to watch the race in person, far less than the normal 100,000 fans that usually attend.

After a wreck and a rain delay about a half hour into the race, it didn’t resume til almost 9pm late Sunday.

The race ended just after midnight Monday morning.

Shark attacks were down in 2020. Maybe because much of the world was on lockdown?

Live Science says there were 78 shark attacks in 2020, 12 of them fatal. Thirty-six of the attacks — three of them fatal — were reported in the United States, more than in any other country. Florida has the most recorded shark attacks in 2020 with 23.

There were 101 shark attacks around the world in 2019.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod