May 17, 2021

May 17th is the 137th day of 2021. There are 228 days remaining until the end of the year.

Ontario reported 2,199 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down from the 2,584 recorded on Saturday.

The province also hit a new vaccine milestone, with over seven million jabs delivered so far.

Chatham-Kent Public Health doesn’t update on the weekend. On Friday 6 new cases and 6 recoveries were reported. Total active cases locally is at 36. The weekend update will be released after 10 this morning.

Chatham-Kent Public Health issued a Vaccination Clinics update on Friday.

The Wallaceburg Clinic is now fully booked as is the Blenheim Drive Thru Clinic.

The Bradley Centre Clinic is now booking June 2nd onward.

With more groups becoming eligible, please be patient as more appointment times are added over the coming weeks.

Ontario will open vaccine eligibility, offering the COVID-19 shot to those 30+ this week.

Book your vaccination at GetYourShotCK.ca or 519-351-1010.

The NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs are underway.

The Edmonton Oiler and Winnipeg Jets will face-off Wednesday in their series opener, while the Leafs will play the Montreal Canadiens with Game 1 on Thursday.

Budweiser Canada will give the North Division’s winning city – Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal – a round of Buds.

A full schedule can be found at StanleyCup.com.

@SpittinChiclets I may get fired for this but let’s go all in. If this gets 1,000 retweets, the winning city of the NHL North Division this playoffs will receive BUDS ON US 🍻

Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal – who’s thirsty?

— Budweiser Canada (@BudweiserCanada) May 16, 2021

When the Madame Tussauds in London reopens today, following a long closure due to Covid-19, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s waxworks will have a new home.

In 2020, the pair’s statues were moved away from Queen Elizabeth and the rest of Britain’s royal family following their decision to step down from official duties. Now, more than a year later, the museum has announced that they have a glitzier permanent home: the “Awards Party” zone.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be rubbing elbows with waxy celebrity friends Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Victoria and David Beckham and George Clooney, as well as A-listers like Brad Pitt, Dwayne Johnson and Nicole Kidman.

They’ll also be sporting new outfits.

Prior to their removal from the royal set, the two figures had stood alongside Queen Elizabeth II, the late Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

A letter written by Albert Einstein that includes the world’s most famous equation is being auctioned with an estimated worth of $400,000.

The letter, written by Einstein to the Polish-American physicist Ludwik Silberstein, was penned in 1946 and contains the only handwritten example of “E=mc2” in private possession.The one-page letter shows the equation in the first line, which translates to: “Your question can be answered from the E = mc2 formula, without any erudition.

The letter will be auctioned along with some of Einstein’s other letters, including one where he writes out his gravitational field equations, and comments on the rise of Hitler and Nazism in 1934.

Bidding starts Thursday at $25,000 and ends May 20th. If you’d like to bid, go here.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod