June 7, 2021

June 7th is the 158th day of 2021. There are 207 days remaining until the end of the year.

Ontario reported 663 new COVID19 cases on Sunday. Just 115 cases in Toronto alone, that’s the lowest daily number since February.

The province is also reporting the number of fully vaccinated has surpassed 1 million Ontarians.

Chatham-Kent Public Health doesn’t update on the weekends. On Friday, there were 3 new cases and 3 resolved. The active case count locally is at 17. A weekend update will come between 10-11 this morning.

There are two blood donor clinics in Chatham-Kent this week.

Tomorrow at the YMCA of Chatham-Kent from 1-7pm and on Wednesday in Blenheim from 1:30-7:30pm.

Donations can be made by appointment only. Book yours now online at Blood.ca, use the app or call 1-888-2-DONATE.

The Ontario Hockey League held its draft on Friday and Saturday.

Three local players were selected. Lighthouse Cove’s Declan Waddick was taken in the second round by the Niagara IceDogs, Brayden Degelas (Blenheim) goes to the Sarnia Sting in the 6th round and David Brown (Blenheim) was selected by the Saginaw Spirit in the 7th.

History was made in the 14th round when the Sarnia Sting drafted goaltender Taya Currie; the first female ever selected in the OHL. Currie has been playing AAA boys hockey for the Elgin-Middlesex minor hockey organization for seven seasons.

#OHLDraft history! 👏

Congrats to goaltender Taya Currie of @ALLIANCE_Hockey‘s @EMCChiefs, the first female ever chosen in the Priority Selection, joining @StingHockey at 267th overall: https://t.co/Vn9S9i8MdT pic.twitter.com/fDsmT13vYt

— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) June 5, 2021

Twitter Blue is coming to Canada and Australia this week.

For a monthly fee, users can access special features that Twitter claims will take the platform experience to “the next level.”

The “undo tweet” function allows users to preview a tweet and set a timer that lasts up to 30 seconds before it actually posts so they get one more chance to correct or rethink it. Another feature is bookmark folders, which help users organize saved tweets. Twitter Blue subscribers also get reader mode, which converts long Twitter threads into consolidated text for easier reading.

Other Twitter Blue features include the ability to change the colour of the Twitter app icon and the look inside the app. Subscribers also have access to a dedicated customer support team.

Since it was released 15 years ago, Twitter’s always been free. Making their money from advertising.

Twitter Blue will cost $3.49 per month.

NASA plans on sending two missions to Venus by 2030.

Last year, NASA awarded four teams $3 million each to develop potential missions the space agency could expand into full-fledged expeditions. They have now decided to move forward with two of those projects.

The first of those is called the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging, or DAVINCI+ for short. The craft will travel to Venus to snap high-resolution photos of the planet’s surface and its unique geological features.

The second mission, VERITAS or Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy, will travel to the planet to create detailed, three-dimensional maps of its surface using special radar. It will also track infrared emissions from the surface to map the makeup of its rocks, which is something scientists don’t know a lot about.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod