June 14, 2021

June 14th is the 165th day of 2021. There are 200 days remaining until the end of the year.

Ontario reports 530 new COVID19 cases on Sunday.

Chatham-Kent Public Health doesn’t release data on the weekend, on Friday C-K had 17 active cases, with 4 hospitalized.

The weekend update will be released around 10:30 this morning.

Chatham-Kent Public Health will host a Moderna vaccination clinic tomorrow in Highgate by appointment only.

Book your appointment at GetYourShotCK.ca.

The Stanley Cup Semi-Finals are underway and one of these four teams will take home the Cup.

The New York Islanders slipped by the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2-1 Game 1 win last night.

The Montreal Canadiens will play the Vegas Golden Knights in the other series that begins tonight in Las Vegas. Puck drops at 9pm on CBC.

France is sending the U.S. a 10-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty.

The bronze recreation, which was made from the same plaster model that French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi used when he created the original statue in 1878, will be displayed in New York City and the District of Columbia for a limited time this summer.

After spending time in NYC for the July 4th holiday, Little Lady Liberty will be brought to D.C. where it will spend the next 10 years.

It has been 135 years since the original statue opened to the public on Ellis Island. The 305-foot monument greeted nearly 14 million immigrants who entered the U.S. through New York from 1886 to 1924.

Paris wishes Bon Voyage to a symbol of 🇫🇷-🇺🇸 friendship and founding values. I first discussed this project in 2019, but little did we know that it would be a light after a year of darkness. We can’t wait to meet you, #Liberty2021. Un grand merci @lecnam et @cmacgm.
📸: @lecnam pic.twitter.com/Jm9jS4RmFq

— Philippe Etienne (@Ph_Etienne) June 7, 2021

A Nevada body builder crushed a Guinness World Record when she used her thighs to smash three watermelons in under 8 seconds.

Kortney Olson used her thighs to smash three watermelons in 7.5 seconds, nearly halving Ukrainian bodybuilder Olga Liashchuk’s Guinness World Record of 14.65 seconds.

Olson’s time also beat the male version of the record, which was set at 10.88 seconds by Iranian athlete Rohollah Doshmanziari.

Olson said she is preparing to teach a watermelon-crushing class and planning an event for August 3rd, National Watermelon Day.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod