{"id":21421,"date":"2021-06-24T05:55:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T09:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=21421"},"modified":"2021-06-24T04:54:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:54:06","slug":"june-24-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2021\/06\/june-24-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"June 24, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 24th is the 175th day of 2021. There are 190 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"\"Ontario will enter Step 2 of the province’s reopening plan on June 30th according to sources. The official announcement is expected today.<\/p>\n

At a press conference on Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford said the government is \u201cworking hard to get to Stage 2 as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The original target date for Step 2 was July 2nd. Step 2 would allow for personal care services to reopen and would allow retailers to open at 50% capacity. It would also allow for larger outdoor gatherings and smaller indoor gatherings.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday, 76% of Ontario adults have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and roughly 27% are now fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\"\"Just one new positive COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday by Chatham-Kent Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There were three recoveries, total active case count locally is down to just 4.<\/p>\n

There were 255 positive cases across Ontario Wednesday. That’s the smallest number of new infections reported since Sep. 13.<\/p>\n

The province sets a new single-day record for vaccine doses administered on Tuesday – 227,318.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Usually this week thousands would be gathering along the Detroit\/Windsor waterfront for the annual Ford Fireworks, but thanks to the pandemic, the show will only be seen on television.<\/p>\n

This year it will take place at Lake St. Clair Metropark in Michigan, with no spectators. The park will be closed to the public.<\/p>\n

You’ll be able to watch the fireworks on WDIV Local 4<\/a> on Monday, June 28 from 9 – 11pm.<\/p>\n

Fireworks at the river are expected to return in 2022.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Wayne Gretzky, his future son-in-law, PGA star Dustin Johnson and former NBA MVP Steve Nash are now part owners of a National Lacrosse League expansion franchise in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\"\"It’ll be the league’s 15th team and will start play in the fall of 2022.<\/p>\n

The team is still deciding on a name, fans can suggest names on the team’s website. lasvegaslacrosse.com<\/p>\n

Gretzky’s going to be busy, he recently took a job as a television studio analyst for NHL coverage for American-based Turner Sports.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: An elite group of owners is bringing lacrosse to Las Vegas with the league’s 15th expansion team, @lasvegaslax<\/a>!<\/p>\n

? @joetsai1999<\/a>
\n? @WayneGretzky<\/a>
\n\u26f3 @DJohnsonPGA<\/a>
\n? @SteveNash<\/a><\/p>\n

Tune in for the official press conference at 4pm ET on https:\/\/t.co\/8pcpXRYArs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5fqoDBr7s4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NLL (@NLL) June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"\"The last Supermoon of 2021 is tonight.<\/p>\n

The Super Strawberry Moon will be up from sunset to sunrise on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Old Farmer’s Almanac<\/a> explains why it is called the Strawberry Moon, “This was the time to gather ripening strawberries.”<\/p>\n

Depending on weather conditions, it will be visible to the naked eye this afternoon and this evening. The full Strawberry Supermoon will also be visible on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The moon is going to appear 7% bigger and 15% brighter than average.<\/p>\n

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A sweet start to summer: Look up to the sky Thursday night to see the first of four summer Full Moons \u2014 the #SuperStrawberryMoon<\/a>. ??<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 24th is the 175th day of 2021. There are 190 days remaining until the end of the year. Ontario will enter Step 2 of the province’s reopening plan on June 30th according to sources. The official announcement is expected today. At a press conference on Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford said the government is \u201cworking","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":21425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30,1960,26,1821,1822,2173,1247,1289,2954,2953,2007,2955,2952,1651],"class_list":["post-21421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things-you-need-to-know","tag-5thingsyouneedtoknow","tag-chatham-kent-public-health","tag-ckmornings","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-ford-fireworks","tag-full-moon","tag-las-vegas","tag-national-lacrosse-league","tag-old-farmers-almanac","tag-ontario-premier-doug-ford","tag-step-2","tag-strawberry-super-moon","tag-wayne-gretzky"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 19:26:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/943cksy.com\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2021\/06\/june-24-2021\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21421"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21426,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21421\/revisions\/21426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}