June 2, 2021

June 2nd is the 153rd day of 2021. There are 212 days remaining until the end of the year.

No new positive COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday by Chatham-Kent Public Health.

There were also no recoveries, the total active cases stays at 17.

There were 699 positive cases across Ontario reported Tuesday. That’s the smallest daily increase since before the peak of the second wave. It is also the second straight day with fewer than 1,000 cases, something the province hasn’t seen since early March.

A hot dry Summer is on its way according to The Weather Network.

Things to be pretty dry this summer, it will also be hot for long stretches.

“This summer will feature great weather for enjoying the beach and backyard barbecues, as most of Canada will see near-normal or above-normal temperatures, and more than the typical number of sunny days,” said Chris Scott, Chief Meteorologist at The Weather Network.

Ontario is expecting extended dry periods to continue through the summer. At times there will be some pretty stormy patterns at times that will help most areas reach normal rainfall totals.

A strong finish to summer is expected with warm weather continuing deep into September.

Reports out of Toronto is that the province is leaning towards keeping schools closed to in-person learning for the remainder of the school year.

No final decision has been made.

Premier Doug Ford will meet with his cabinet today. The current stay-at-home order expires today.

There are just over three weeks left in the school year.

The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks.

The name change was announced on Tuesday.

Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year amid pressure on franchises to eliminate racist or stereotypical names.

Elks was one of seven potential name changes the Edmonton Football Team provided on its shortlist. The others included: Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements. They’ll stick with the traditional green and gold colour scheme.

The CFL is hoping to hold a 14 game season beginning in early April.

New Name. Same Game.

Let’s play some football. #ElksCharge pic.twitter.com/RhtwzcAmhv

— Edmonton Elks (@EdmFootballTeam) June 1, 2021

Rolls-Royce will now build you any car you want, but it will cost millions

Last week, Rolls-Royce revealed a new program called Rolls-Royce Coachbuild. This department will work with individual clients to help design and build cars specifically for them. The luxury automaker will work on just one of these cars every couple of years. Rolls-Royce would not say how much the cars will cost, it seems clear they will cost many millions of dollars.

Rolls-Royce and a number of other ultra-luxury carmakers, including Bentley and Porsche, have recently announced that they will work with a limited number of wealthy clients to build very expensive customized cars.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod