This morning St. Catharines GO Station ticket vending machine was not working (red light on, please wait message). Passenger advises CSA on board of situation, he says tough luck and refuses service. Others were likely boarding without tickets due to circumstances. GO Transit

Sobering academic research.

If they are truly concerned about distance between customers, it does not make sense to reduce the number of hours the stores are open, as this only serves to concentrate the density of shoppers by forcing us to be buying groceries over a shorter period of time.

It is time to discontinue selling lottery and scratch and win tickets, since it is entirely nonessential and puts customers forced to queue-up and the cashiers who are often part time, teenagers at risk.

Expert advice.

St. Catharines city council to meet electronically stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/991…

There are too many non-essential operations besides construction continuing. Half-measures won’t be effective. Get serious.

I have a BA in English Lit. What I know about infectious diseases I've learned from generous doctors & researchers who have taught me so much over the years. One of them is the brilliant Gary Kobinger. (Wired: ZMapp is a therapy, not a vaccine) wired.com/story/creator-…

Please enjoy Thursday's #StayHome cartoon in Toronto Star #coronavirus #StayHomeCanada

This is an unusual opportunity to engage in some detective work on your family tree for free. Nice work #scplibrary

Here is an interesting current reality. The granting of marriage licenses is considered an essential service. Hmm...

The Snowbirds will overhead tomorrow around 1 pm.

Harriet Tubman, an Unsung Naturalist, Used Owl Calls as a Signal on the Underground Railroad audubon.org/news/harriet-t… via Audubon Society

It doesn’t include a single cent for municipalities, which are facing billions of dollars in deficits and cuts.” This puts local governments, which are creatures of the province with the regressive property tax as our primary source of revenue, in a difficult financial position.

Don’t let former Grantham Gator QB Mike Milthorpe fool you with his southern drawl. He is a north end boy, through and through.

Stupendous job Jonathan Fletcher ! Many thanks!

Devastating. There's no ignoring the impacts of climate change. No lamenting. Just action.

Did you know that Canada’s “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is “peace, order and good government?” That explains a lot. 😀🇨🇦

We're all consumed with #COVID19 and the drama down south, but this is an important local story Allan Benner you need to read: Province to strip NPCA of citizen appointments stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara-r… via The St. Catharines Standard

This year marks 65 years of the NORAD Santa tracker! Colonel Harry Shoup began the tradition in 1955, after receiving a phone call from a child expecting to reach Santa Claus. 📸 Still from catalog.archives.gov/id/4524241