May 14, 2021

May 14th is the 134th day of 2021. There are 231 days remaining until the end of the year.

Premier Doug Ford announced the provincewide stay-at-home order has been extended for two more weeks.

The extension means the order is now set to expire on June 2nd.

Under the stay-at-home order, all non-essential businesses must remain closed and residents are required to remain indoors unless leaving their residence for an essential purpose.

Despite the advice of health experts, outdoor recreational amenities, like basketball courts and golf courses, will also remain closed.

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ontario is extending the Stay-at-Home Order until at least June 2, 2021.

All #PublicHealth measures under the provincewide emergency brake will also remain in effect. https://t.co/lDaqnlPZJ7 pic.twitter.com/V8GHYGkBuX

— Ontario Ministry of Health (@ONThealth) May 13, 2021

Three new positive COVID-19 cases reported Thursday by Chatham-Kent Public Health.

There were 2 recoveries, the total active cases is 36.

There were 2,759 positive cases reported Thursday across the province. It’s the lowest test positivity rate in Ontario in the last five weeks.

Greyhound Canada is permanently cutting all bus routes across Canada after nearly a century of service.

Its American affiliate, Greyhound Lines, Inc., will continue to operate cross-border routes to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver once the border reopens.

The decision comes a year after Greyhound Canada temporarily suspended all service due to a sharp decline in passengers and mounting travel restrictions amid the first wave of COVID-19.

The bus carrier has struggled for years with declining ridership, increasing competition and deregulation.

Australia’s Qantas Airlines Flight to Nowhere sold out in two and a half minutes.

The flight will give travellers the chance to admire the late May supermoon and full lunar eclipse from over 40,000 feet in the sky. The Qantas flight will take place on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, chosen because of its large windows. Travellers will stay masked up and will be required to social distance onboard.

The supermoon flight is the latest in a series of Qantas-operated trips that take travellers up for a joy ride, before returning them right back to where they came from.

Tickets for the supermoon flight started at AUS $499 for an economy ticket (CAD $468), while business class was on sale for $1,499 a pop (CAD $1,407).

Kentucky Fried Chicken is rolling out new packaging this Summer.

KFC has said the new look is a “more modern take” on their signature red and white colours. Colonel Sanders’ head will still adorn the buckets, sandwich wrappers and cups, but the refreshed designs will more closely imitate its original signature bucket.

KFC said it’s adding reheating instructions, a brief blurb about the history of its fried chicken and is bringing back the “It’s Finger-Lickin’ Good” slogan to its buckets. The phrase briefly disappeared last year because of the pandemic.

The reheating instructions are likely the result of customers buying more fast food to have for leftovers so they could limit their exposure to Covid-19.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod