March 10, 2022

March 10th is the 69th day of the year. There are 296 days remaining until the end of the year.

Ontario is ending mandatory mask use in most indoor settings, including schools, on March 21st.

Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, confirmed this on Wednesday.

Face coverings will no longer be required in most indoor public settings including schools, restaurants, retail stores, gyms, and movie theatres. There will be some exceptions, such as masking on public transit, in healthcare settings, and long-term care or congregate living settings.

Improving case numbers and declining hospitalizations for making it possible to lift the masking mandate.

The cost of gas has risen by 6 cents per litre overnight.

The average price in the province will jump to 190.9 cents per litre.

Experts are predicting a 15 cent drop on Friday, bringing the average price of a litre down to $1.75.9. Drivers are warned of fluctuations up and down for the foreseeable future.

Major League Baseball has postponed Opening Day until at least April 14th.

The latest talks with the players’ association and owners hasn’t lead to an agreement.

After a 17-hour session Tuesday, talks continued most of the day Wednesday.

Today is the 99th day that players have been locked out, its MLB’s first work stoppage since 1995.

Statement from the Major League Baseball Players Association: pic.twitter.com/XLnAvwkFpm

— MLBPA Communications (@MLBPA_News) March 10, 2022

Toronto Pearson Airport is predicting that it will have its busiest travel day since the pandemic started Friday.

Approximately 85,000 passengers expected to arrive or depart at the country’s largest airport. The airport saw an over 92% decline in passengers from 2020 to 2021 for obvious reasons.

Anyone flying out from Pearson on Friday is asked to give themselves even more time than usual for the check-in, security, and boarding processes. Passengers are warned to arrive 90 minutes in advance for domestic flights and a minimum of three hours in advance of international flights.

March Break is next week for most students in the province.

The countdown to March Break is on… Are you ready? Stay up to date with travel requirements and airport processes on our website so you can spend more time planning excursions and less time stressing! https://t.co/gTraVkPZEX #TravelTuesday

— Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson) March 8, 2022

Today is Mario Day.

We celebrate Mario Day on March 10 each year, because March 10, written as “Mar10”, looks like Mario’s name.

The mustached Mario character was initially released by Nintendo in 1985, although he first appeared in Donkey Kong in 1981. Since then, Mario has appeared in around 200 different games, and the Mario games have claimed the title of the best selling video game series in history.

Mario fans have been celebrating this date for decades, Nintendo jumped on in 2016 when they began promoting new and old games, offering special deals and discounts, and started hosting Mario-themed events, as well as promoting sales on some of their games.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod