February 22, 2023

February 22nd is the 53rd day of the year. There are 312 days remaining until the end of the year.

On Tuesday morning, Environment Canada upgraded a Special Weather Statement to a Winter Storm Watch, and they’ve now changed it again to a Freezing Rain Warning for Chatham-Kent and most of Southwestern Ontario for late this afternoon.

Light snow and ice pellets this morning will change over to freezing rain later this afternoon. Freezing rain is expected to change over to rain tonight as temperatures rise above freezing. Gusty northeasterly winds will diminish early Thursday morning.

There’s a blood donor clinic this afternoon 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.

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Tonight at 7pm stop by to see The Menu.

Check here for more info.

Admission is $5 or flash your movie pass for entry.

Facebook has announced they’re adding a paid verification option, just like Twitter’s. But instead of a blue checkmark, you get a blue badge.

It’s called Meta Verified. They’re testing it in Australia and New Zealand this week, and plan to roll it out to more countries soon.

The web version costs $12 a month, or it’s $15 if you want it through your phone app. That’s compared to $8 and $11 for Twitter Blue, but Meta’s version covers you on Facebook as well as Instagram.

You have to verify your identity with a government I.D. So just like with Twitter, it’s supposed to add more protection and keep people from impersonating you.

You also get direct access to Facebook’s customer support, which some people say is the only part worth paying for. But Facebook thinks the verification stuff will be useful, especially for influencers and businesses.

Today is Pink Shirt Day.

Plenty of schools and businesses in the area will be sporting pink shirts today to stand up to bullying and to raise awareness of the issues.

The Pink Shirt Day anti-bullying movement started in 2007 after a Grade 9 student from a small town in Nova Scotia was bullied for wearing a pink T-shirt to school.

As a show of support and acceptance, two older students purchased 50 pink tank tops and handed them out to male classmates the next day, and Pink Shirt Day was born.

The hashtags #PinkShirtDay, #BeKind and #PinkItForward are all being used.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod