March 30, 2021

March 30, 2021 4:52 am Published by

March 30th is the 89th day of 2021. There are 276 days remaining until the end of the year.

Thirty-six new positive COVID-19 cases reported from the weekend by Chatham-Kent Public Health.

There were 43 recoveries, bring the total active cases to 90.

There were 2,094 positive cases reported in Ontario.

Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days.

This would mark the single-largest week of deliveries into Canada since the start of the pandemic. The shipments would come from three different sources.

The federal government also says Moderna will make good on its promised delivery of 600,000 shots this coming Thursday, which is about a week later than expected.

As of last week, Canada has received more than six million doses in total. Approximately 11% of the population has now received at least one dose.

The container ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal is now moving after six days.

Salvage crews pulled the vessel toward the Great Bitter Lake, a wide stretch of water halfway between the north and south end of the canal, where the ship will undergo technical inspection.

The obstruction has created a massive traffic jam in the vital passage, holding up $9 billion each day in global trade and straining supply chains already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic.

Theodore Tugboat is moving from Nova Scotia to Ontario.

The boat was built in 2000 as a life-sized replica of Theodore Tugboat, the character from the children’s TV show that aired from 1993 to 2001. Since then, Theodore has spent his time at the Halifax harbour promoting Nova Scotian tourism.

The iconic vessel has been bought by a marine owner in Hamilton. Once it arrives, Theodore will embark on commercial trips across the Great Lakes and Atlantic Canada.

Children’s author Beverly Cleary passed away last Thursday.

Her most famous characters were Ramona Quimby and her sister Beezus, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy and Ralph S. Mouse from The Mouse and the Motorcycle.

She’s been retired for 20 years, but she had a massively successful career. She published her first book more than 70 years ago, and since then, her books have sold more than 91 million copies worldwide.

Beverly passed away last Thursday, but she lived to be almost 105. Her birthday is April 15th.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod