February 17, 2021

February 17th is the 48th day of 2021. There are 317 days remaining until the end of the year.

The clean up is underway.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has placed a 72-hour ban on the parking of vehicles on municipal streets and roads. The ban went into effect Tuesday afternoon and will continue until 2pm Friday.

Municipal public works crews have been working around the clock to keep roads, sidewalks and bike lanes clear.

You’re also asked to clear the snow from around fire hydrants in your neighbourhood.

Chatham-Kent Public Health reported 64 recovered COVID-19 cases over the long-weekend and only one new case.

As of Tuesday Fairfield Park sits at three active cases left among residents and seven in staff. All other cases have been resolved. The majority of its residents were vaccinated over the weekend.

For the first time since October, Ontario has reported increases below 1,000 for three straight days.

Ontario is reporting 904 new cases. Toronto, Peel and York are still the province’s hot spots.

Roll Up the Rim is going fully digital.

Tim Hortons annual spring contest is now simply Roll up to Win, rather than Roll Up The Rim To Win, eliminating fiddling around with rolling up a coffee cup rim with your hands, customers will now scan with the Tim Hortons app on their smartphone to earn a “roll” that could reveal a prize like “free donut.”

Tim Hortons has also retired the dreaded “please play again” message. Instead, every roll is a winner, reward points can be collected and redeemeded.

Last year’s campaign kicked off just as the pandemic started and was quickly shifted digital to prevent staff from having to collect rims that had been in people’s mouths.

Roll Up the Rim will run March 8 to April 4th.

To help curb the spread of Covid-19, France has suspended a longstanding prohibition on desk lunches.

The lunch break has long been considered sacred in France. Until now, French labour code forbid employers from allowing workers “to have their meals in the workplace,” reflecting the importance of food and meals in national culture.

Before the pandemic, French workers typically enjoyed a two or three course meal with colleagues at a nearby bistro. The temporary rule applies to offices with more than 50 employees and where the layout of the cafeteria does not allow for social distancing. People must be at least one meter apart when not wearing a face mask.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod