November 22, 2021

November 22nd is the 326th day of 2021. There are 39 days remaining until the end of the year.

Crossing the border for quick visits will become a little easier and cheaper.

As of November 30th fully vaccinated, eligible travelers who leave and then re-enter Canada within three days won’t have to take a PCR test to come back.

This applies to those returning to Canada via land or air, provided they can prove they have been away from the country for 72 hours or less.

The rules have not changed for those leaving Canada for longer than 72 hours. In cases where a trip lasts longer than this, travelers (regardless of vaccination status) must provide a pre-entry molecular test taken in the 72 hours before arriving. Antigen tests are not accepted.

In another move, as of January 15th, unvaccinated athletes will no longer be allowed in Canada.

The Government of Canada will adjust some of Canada’s border measures beginning on Nov. 30 to include additional #COVID19 vaccines accepted for entry to Canada and changes to certain exemptions, testing and #ArriveCAN requirements.

For more information: https://t.co/RdflwyZ6vm pic.twitter.com/XRvxE50wLT

— Health Canada and PHAC (@GovCanHealth) November 19, 2021

On Sunday Ontario reported 741 new COVID cases. That’s 4 straight days of more than 700 new cases.

Chatham-Kent Public Health doesn’t update on the weekends or holidays. On Friday, there were 8 new cases and five recoveries. The active case count locally is at 55. A weekend update will come between 10-11 this morning.

There’s a blood donor clinics Wednsday at the Portuguese Canadian Club from 1-7pm.

Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps. No walk-in appointments are available.

Some same-day appointments are occasionally available, check Blood.ca to reserve your spot.

History was made on Friday, when Kamala Harris became America’s first female president. Sort of.

President Biden underwent a colonoscopy, so he was put under anesthesia. When that happens, the vice president is given full presidential power, and becomes the acting president.

This happens regularly, and the VP doesn’t literally become president. But it’s still pretty historic that Harris became the first woman to assume the duties of the president of the United States.

Residents of a town in Hawaii alerted authorities to a river that smelled like beer.

They were right.

The stream on the island of Oahu, was smelling so alcoholic that one resident said “you would think it was a beer pub that hadn’t opened its doors for three or four days.” A laboratory found that almost 1.2 percent of the water was alcoholic.

The area is fairly industrial and home to Paradise Beverages, which makes beer. Hawaii investigated and found alcohol in contaminated runoff water from a pipe that flowed down into a creek, with a drop of about 100 feet.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod