August 15, 2022

August 15th is the 227th day of the year. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year.

After a cloud covered weekend, we’ve got some sunshine back this week.

Today will be cloudy, chance of rain with a high of 26.

Tuesday possible showers, giving way to sunshine right into the weekend with highs this week of 28.

The federal government has updated the rules at the border to allow fully vaccinated travellers entering through the land border a one-time exemption from fines or quarantine requirements if they unknowingly fail to submit the required health documents through the ArriveCAN app.

The one-time exemption will only be given to fully vaccinated travellers who have not had a history of non-compliance at the border.

However, travellers granted the exemption are still required to provide proof of vaccination upon entry.

Blood donors are needed!

There’s a blood donor clinic tomorrow in Wallaceburg at the UAW Hall 2-7pm.

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.

Oh Canada!🇨🇦

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto appeared in his 1,989th major-league baseball game Sunday against the Chicago Cubs.

No Canadian has played in more Major League Baseball games than Votto. He broke the previous mark, which had been held by Larry Walker of Maple Ridge, B.C. Votto is the all-time leading Canadian in at bats, plate appearances, walks and all-star game selections (six).

Votto is in his 16th season in the majors, winning the league MVP trophy in 2010.

.@JoeyVotto has now played in the most games by a Canadian-born player. 🇨🇦🐐 pic.twitter.com/pwan22xFlG

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) August 14, 2022

The highly anticipated series finale of Better Call Saul airs tonight at 9 on AMC.

Better Call Saul is a prequel to the AMC hit Breaking Bad, which ran for five seasons between 2008 and 2013. That show introduced Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman, an attorney for Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston.

Odenkirk almost didn’t make it to the finale. He would have been “dead in a few minutes” if he had not received CPR after suffering a heart attack on set last year. In July 2021, Odenkirk collapsed on the Albuquerque, New Mexico, set while filming the final season of the show. He later confirmed that it had been due to a “small heart attack.”

This is the sixth season of Better Call Saul.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod