July 11, 2022

July 11th is the 192nd day of the year. There are 173 days remaining until the end of the year.

After most of the country had connection issues Friday, Rogers has restored internet, T.V., home phone and wireless services.

Many businesses who rely on Rogers have reported their debit service is also down as a result of the outage. Interac, the interbank network that links financial institutions and other enterprises had most of its debit systems taken offline due to the outage. The outage was caused by a network system failure following a maintenance update on the core network.

Rogers has promised a credit to all customers affected by the outage. There is a text scam surrounding the credit already, customers will have it applied to accounts with no action required.

We are aware of scam text messages being sent claiming to offer credits in the wake of yesterday’s service interruptions. We will apply the credit proactively to your account & no action is required. If you receive a suspicious SMS, please forward it to 7726 (SPAM).

— RogersHelps (@RogersHelps) July 9, 2022

There’s a blood donor clinic tomorrow at the Chatham-Kent YMCA from 1-7pm..

Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.

No walk-in appointments are available, although day of appointments occasionally become available.

Amazon Prime Day is back tomorrow.

Outside of the holiday season, the two-day shopping extravaganza is the best time of the year to score deals on TVs, electronics, home and garden equipment and more.

Prime Day started in 2015 as a celebration of Amazon’s 20th anniversary.

The 48-hour sales bonanza will be held Tuesday and Wednesday.

Today is World Population Day.

According to the United Nations, the world’s population will hit 8 billion this year, up from 7 billion in 2021.

In 2011, the world reached a population of 7 billion. It’s expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.9 billion in 2100.

7-Eleven Day is back!

Today is Canada’s biggest Slurpee run! Stop by 7-Eleven today for a free small Slurpee (A maximum of 1,500 free Slurpee drinks per store will be available, while supplies last)

In 2021, Winnipeg was named the Slurpee Capital of the World.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod