{"id":21739,"date":"2021-07-09T05:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T09:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=21739"},"modified":"2021-07-09T05:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T09:52:59","slug":"july-9-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2021\/07\/july-9-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"July 9, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>July 9th is the 190th day of 2021. There are 175 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54690\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/ef794108-cksy_5_things_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11969 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu.png 1975w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu-695x144.png 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1 new positive COVID-19 case reported Thursday by <a href=\"https:\/\/ckphu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatham-Kent Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The total active case count locally is at 8.<\/p>\n<p>There were 210 positive cases reported across Ontario on Thursday.\u00a0With 25,859 tests processed over the past 24 hours, officials are reporting a province wide positivity rate of 0.8 per cent.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/fd341b29-cksy_5_things_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"74\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RoseAnne Archibald has been elected the 1st female national chief of Assembly of First Nations after five rounds of voting over the span of two days.<\/p>\n<p>Archibald is a member of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation (formerly New Post First Nation) in northern Ontario. She spent a three-year term as Ontario regional chief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The AFN has made &#8216;her&#8217;-story today,&#8221; said Archibald in her acceptance speech Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is a victory and you can tell all the women in your life that the glass ceiling has been broken. I thank all of the women who punched that ceiling before me and made a crack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3acb2f67-cksy_5_things_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21693 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/07\/ce98cf30-img_0815-300x300-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/07\/ce98cf30-img_0815-300x300-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/07\/ce98cf30-img_0815-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walk-in clinics will be held this week and next for <strong>young people<\/strong> in Chatham-Kent who want their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. No appointments will be necessary for <strong>12- to 17-year-olds or those over 18 who have not yet received their first dose of a vaccine<\/strong> at the clinics at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre in Chatham.<\/p>\n<p>Those who need a second dose are asked to book an appointment at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ckphu.com\/covid-19-vaccination-eligibility-2\/\">Getyourshotck.ca<\/a> or call 519-351-1010 and leave a message.<\/p>\n<p>This week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, July 14, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.,<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be given.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/63a1a3cf-cksy_5_things_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Stratford Festival\u2019s highly anticipated 2021 season will officially open under an outdoor canopy on Tuesday, and it just so happens the company\u2019s highly anticipated return won\u2019t be the only thing worthy of a celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming season includes six plays and five cabarets.<\/p>\n<p>The first of those cabarets, Why We Tell the Story, a celebration of Black musical theatre curated and directed by Festival regular Marcus Nance, will get things started under the Festival Theatre canopy Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Four other productions will open in July \u2013 You Can\u2019t Stop the Beat: The Enduring Power of Musical Theatre (July 15 to July 31); A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream (July 16 to August 1); Tomson Highway\u2019s The Rez Sisters (July 23 to Aug. 21); and Play On!: A Shakespeare-Inspired Mixtape (July 29 to Aug. 15).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3a9171bb-cksy_5_things_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"89\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Retired teacher from Chatham,\u00a0Keith Groen is using his pedal power for the Great Cycle Challenge Canada, an annual fundraiser to fight children\u2019s cancer.<\/p>\n<p>More than $21.6 million has been raised since the Great Cycle Challenge began in 2016. Proceeds go to SickKids Foundation, the fundraising arm of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The Chatham-Kent chapter had 112 participants for this year\u2019s ride as of Wednesday afternoon. All kilometres logged in August count towards their total.<\/p>\n<p>Groen wants to ride 500km next month after covering 450 km in June. He cycles 23 to 25 km almost every day.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/greatcyclechallenge.ca\/\">greatcyclechallenge.ca<\/a> for information on how to donate money or register to ride.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 9th is the 190th day of 2021. There are 175 days remaining until the end of the year. 1 new positive COVID-19 case reported Thursday by Chatham-Kent Public Health. The total active case count locally is at 8. 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