March 3, 2021

March 3rd is the 62nd day of 2021. There are 303 days remaining until the end of the year.

Chatham-Kent Public Health reported no new positive COVID19 cases on Tuesday.

There were 2 recoveries, dropping the total active cases down to 13.

Ontario is reported 966 positive cases. It’s the first time in six days that they province has reported fewer than 1,000 new cases.

The St. Thomas Airfest airshow will not happen this year, but a parade will – in the sky.

The Airfest Salute to All Essential Workers parade is being organized by St. Thomas Airfest to honour all front-line and essentials workers.

The parade will fill the skies over St. Thomas on April 10th, with details about various aircraft to be announced in the coming weeks.

Organizers are planning a return of Airfest in June of 2022. For more info go to Airfest.ca.

The LCBO will open on Mondays again.

As the province continues to ease COVID-19 restrictions, it’s updating its operating hours, including opening on Monday.

LCBO locations will now be open 10-8pm from Monday to Saturday, and 11-6pm on Sundays.

Last March, the LCBO announced that all of its locations would remain closed on Mondays in accordance with the province’s state of emergency.

The legendary Stratford Festival is looking to get back onstage for in-person performances for the 2021 season, outdoors.

The plan is to hold an outdoor summer season of roughly a dozen performances running from late June until late September.

The performances will run roughly 90 minutes each, with a mix of plays and cabarets, all held under large canopies at its Festival and Tom Patterson theatres, public health conditions pending. Streaming versions of the productions are also slated to be offered online. By taking the season outdoors the festival will be able to offer a safer environment to attendees, and a larger viewing audience — up to 100 people in socially distanced pods rather than 50 indoors.

Titles and dates for the productions are expected to be announced in the spring.

The pandemic forced the festival to cancel its 2020 season.

“With an eye to summer performances, we are planning a new Stratford experience, held in the open air, under two magnificent canopies – located at the Festival and Tom Patterson theatres.”

To learn more about our 2021 season plans, visit: https://t.co/vhOJ4RJtdg pic.twitter.com/YtQB1nnTw5

— Stratford Festival (@stratfest) March 1, 2021

Twitter has started labelling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines.

They’re also using a “strike system” to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules.

Human reviewers assess whether tweets violate its policy against COVID vaccine misinformation. Eventually, the work will be done by a combination of humans and automation.

People with one violation — or strike — will see no action. Two strikes will lead to an account being locked for 12 hours. Five or more will get a user permanently banned from Twitter.

Beginning today, we will label Tweets that may contain misleading information around COVID-19 vaccinations. This is in addition to our ongoing efforts to remove the most harmful COVID-19 misleading information from Twitter.

To learn more, visit our blog.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) March 1, 2021

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This post was written by Chris McLeod