BlogTO, the restaurant and food compendium, has published an apology from the owner of Adamson Barbecue on Wicksteed Ave. for online outbursts against COVID-19 precautions and those who disagreed with him. It appears that those disagreeing with Adam Skelly were called “retards.” BlogTO Also Leslieville FB
Doctors urging daily routine to combat frayed mental health
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The creation of a substitute, voluntary regime is not unknown to humans but some of us are better at it than others. Nonetheless, doctors say it’s an essential element in battling mental decline during these long and potentially damaging days at home. CBC National
Spike of cases to 525 on Tuesday a burden of slow progress
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After three days of decreasing numbers of reported COVID-19 cases, the Ontario Ministry of Health confirmed 525 new patients on Tuesday and logged a single-day high with 59 deaths. On April 24, the province recorded 640 more cases. A downward trend then began the next day with 476 new cases of the novel coronavirus. One day later, 437 new cases were confirmed and the next day, 424 more. Statisticians have warned of slow progress in the battle to reduce virus transmission to minus one.
FB post offering free mulch (while it lasts) at 25 Divadale Dr
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Free mulch seen at 25 Divadale Dr
A late afternoon post Monday to Leaside Community Facebook offers residents free mulch from a large pile on the driveway at 25 Divadale Drive. Everyone wishing some will have to figure out a plan, but there it is. FB
No date offered for when Ontario might attempt to re-open
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Fire escape love, food access and beating the virus mugger
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Dr. Talia Stark hears proposal of marriage on her fire escape/CBS capture
There are a million stories in the COVID-19 Naked City. Here are three. We start with the marriage proposal made to Dr. Talia Stark on her Manhattan fire escape during the City’s regular 7 p.m. pan-rattle to salute medical workers. Then, swamped supermarkets are struggling to fulfill food deliveries. The CBC National tells of a Collingwood senior who waited ten days and was then told the order was cancelled. Locally, some retailers are offering curbside and parking lot delivery of phone orders to the trunk of your car. Totally contactless. Lastly, UK prime minister Boris Johnson has reappeared to tell of his personal tussle with the “invisible mugger.”
Empty fridge of Collingwood woman told order cancelled
Parking lot pick up of meat , fruit and vegetables
Cases down again as MOH Yaffe warns us to keep up guard
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The Ministry of Health reports 424 new cases of COVID-19 Monday as the number of daily cases continues to creep downward. It is the third day in a row for such a decline. “We are probably at the peak but the peak is not just at one point in time, the peak can last a bit and we don’t want it to go up again,” Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe has said.
News conference Monday on outlook for return to normal
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Premier Ford will hold a news conference at 1.30 p.m. Monday at the Legislature to discuss conditions under which the province might return to normal. In past days, Ford has warned that such a resumption would start with “a trickle” and he urged citizens to “hang in there” with current restrictions and self-isolation
Keep smiling dear people
And this video of parents rejoicing behind their kids’ backs is hilarious.
Yo, Kimmy! We hear you’re one tough North Korean cookie
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Kim Yo-jong, 32
Say hello to Kim Jong-un’s younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, 32. Ms Kim is freshly in the news because her brother may well be dead. No one knows if that’s true, but there are widespread reports that the overweight, chainsmoking Supreme Leader of North Korea expired during or after emergency heart surgery. Or maybe he’s in a vegetative state. Speculation about Kimmy succeeding him is boiling away like a K-steamer. She is said to be brutally tough and since blood-line is everything in whacky Pyongyang politics, the odds seem good that she might succeed her brother in this almost exclusively man’s world. Stay tuned. Wikipedia
Schools to remain closed until May 31, Minister Lecce says
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Photo: Mche Lee/Unsplash
Education Minister Stephen Lecce has announced that all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until at least May 31, 2020. The extension is based on advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health and health officials on the COVID-19 Command Table. The advice was to extend school closures for an additional period of time to permit updated modelling and data to inform next steps, given the government’s absolute commitment to safety. News release.
Odds and ends: Jets over Midtown and Ikea meatball recipe
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East York reporter Joanna Lavoie reports in the Toronto Star that North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will be conducting jet fighter exercises over Toronto Monday morning. According to Lavoie, the exercises will be performed at high altitudes but might also include some landing at local airports. Lavoie says the training exercise, which was developed in co-ordination with NAV Canada and is being conducted under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, which places emphasis on the surveillance and control of airspace over Canada and the United States, will run from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Ikea releases Swedish Meatball and Sauce recipes
This could be good. Read about it here. Now you can enjoy Ikea’s Swedish meatballs at home. Some assembly required
New COVID-19 cases inch down to 437 in Sunday update
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The Ministry of Health reports Sunday that it has confirmed 437 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Compared to Saturday’s report (476) this seems to suggest that the spread of the infection is slowing somewhat. Website