{"id":24978,"date":"2022-02-16T05:55:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=24978"},"modified":"2022-02-16T06:51:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:51:45","slug":"february-16-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2022\/02\/february-16-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"February 16, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 16th is the 47th day of the year. There are 318 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Environment Canada<\/a> has issued a Special Weather Statement for the region. A \u201cmessy mix of wintry weather\u201d is expected for later today.<\/p>\n

Chatham-Kent and Windsor-Essex will be hit with a mix of rain, freezing rain, ice pellets and snow possible this evening through Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The forecast calls for 10 to 25 mm of rain late Wednesday through with freezing rain mixed with ice pellets possible Thursday afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n

Eight centimeters of snow is expected Thursday evening through Friday morning.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The federal health minister announced yesterday vaccinated travellers will no longer need a molecular COVID-19 test to enter Canada starting February 28th because the COVID-19 situation in Canada has improved.<\/p>\n

Travellers can instead opt for a rapid antigen test approved by the country in which it is purchased. Rapid tests will have to be administered by a laboratory or health care entity.<\/p>\n

Unvaccinated children travelling with vaccinated adults who come to Canada will no longer have to isolate from school or daycare for 14 days.<\/p>\n

Some fully vaccinated travellers might still be randomly selected for a molecular test at the airport, but they will not be required to quarantine while they wait for the result.<\/p>\n

Unvaccinated Canadians will need to be tested at the airport and again eight days after arrival, and isolate for 14 days.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Ontario reported 1,550 people hospitalized due to the virus. Hospitalizations are down more than 700 from one week ago.<\/p>\n

Chatham-Kent Public Health<\/a> only reports data on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. On Monday there were just 10 patients hospitalized locally.<\/p>\n

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\"\"If you need gas, hold off filling up until Thursday.<\/p>\n

Toronto and the GTA, Hamilton, Barrie, London, Niagara, Windsor, Kingston and most other cities across the province will likely see average prices of 161.9 cents per litre today.<\/p>\n

Sudbury will have the most expensive gas prices in the province today at 171.5 cents a litre.GULP<\/i> The average price in Chatham today is 145.5 cents per litre.<\/p>\n

Experts are saying there will likely be a “big drop” in prices tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

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\u26fd\ufe0fPrice ?: #Toronto<\/a> #GTA<\/a> #Hamilton<\/a> #Ottawa<\/a> #Montreal<\/a> #LdnOnt<\/a> #Barrie<\/a> #Niagara<\/a> #Windsor<\/a> #Kingston<\/a> & most cities in #Ont<\/a> & #Qc<\/a> to ? a net 2 ct\/l rise in #GasPrices<\/a> Wednesday, followed by a big drop Thurs (to 161.9 in GTA)
\nHOLD OFF BUYING UNTIL THURSDAY https:\/\/t.co\/O1gQlGIrWw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dan McTeague (@GasPriceWizard) February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"\"So far, no podiums on Day 12 for Canada at the Winter Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The men’s hockey team will play Sweden at 8:20 this morning.<\/p>\n

Canada has 17 medals; 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 11 Bronze – good for 13th overall. We’re 6th in total medals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 16th is the 47th day of the year. There are 318 days remaining until the end of the year. Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for the region. A \u201cmessy mix of wintry weather\u201d is expected for later today. Chatham-Kent and Windsor-Essex will be hit with a mix of rain, freezing rain,","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30,3261,76,1960,26,1821,1822,641,1410,3321,3262],"class_list":["post-24978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things-you-need-to-know","tag-5thingsyouneedtoknow","tag-beijing-olympics","tag-chatham-kent-health-alliance","tag-chatham-kent-public-health","tag-ckmornings","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-environment-canada","tag-gas-prices","tag-travellers","tag-winter-olympics"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 15:49:40","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\/2022\/02\/february-16-2022\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24978","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=24978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24986,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24978\/revisions\/24986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}