A weekend of wondering when things restart

Just like the last five, only warmer

Government of Saskatchewan @SKGov

The Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan was announced today. The methodical five phase approved will slowly life restrictions and re-open businesses and services. Read more at saskatchewan.ca/government/hea…. #COVID19SK

Saskatchewan announced its five-stage reopening plan, starting May 4, and Manitoba is mulling a similar path. More caution in Alberta might leave Lloydminster in limbo. It may take Michigan’s leap to get Ontario restarted faster. Posters promise an anti-lockdown rally at Queen’s Park, where no one will be fined for sitting on a bench.

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A conspiratorial Conservative

Derek Sloan @DerekSloanCPC

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, has failed Canadians. Dr. Tam must go! Canada must remain sovereign over decisions. The UN, the WHO, and Chinese Communist propaganda must never again have a say over Canada's public health! #cdnpoli

facebook.comDr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, must go!Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, has failed Canadians. Dr. Tam must go! Canada must remain sovereign over decisions. The UN, the...

First-term Eastern Ontario MP Derek Sloan is facing calls for his removal from the Conservative caucus after his call for the removal of Canada’s chief public health officer. But on the grounds that Sloan is a fringe candidate to become the next party leader, Andrew Scheer said he wouldn’t weigh in, and then said it several more times.

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The strange case of the Sobeys franchisee who went to work with respiratory illness symptoms. Ron Kore is also a town councillor in Pelham, Ontario, where he attended a meeting while sniffling and wiping his nose, prior to testing positive for COVID-19. A colleague who sat nearby later died. (Niagara cops are now investigating.)

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Please play again (and again)

Tim Hortons’ original plan to incorporate reusable cups into Roll Up the Rim to Win was sidelined due to COVID-19, but the giveaways continued anyway. Among the fewer keeping tabs on the app was a University of Waterloo statistics professor who noticed prizes stockpiling toward the final contest day, and lost twice in 96 tries:

Michael Wallace @statacake

So I kinda figured out how to win almost every time on @TimHortons Roll Up the Rim this year (new game format, low sales, and I don't think they gave the prize distribution enough thought) - I played 96 times winning 67 coffees and 27 donuts 🍩🎉 Details: theconversation.com/heres-how-i-cr…

theconversation.comHere’s how I cracked Roll up the Rim and won (almost) every timeTim Hortons changed Roll up the Rim to include a digital element. A statistician correctly predicted that playing on the last day of the contest would dramatically increase the odds of winning.

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A drama series on CBS had a storyline with eerie similarities to the mass shooting in Nova Scotia. An episode of FBI: Most Wanted, which aired days before the rampage that left at least 22 dead, featured a man named Gabriel on a murderous spree while wearing a police uniform. It’s added to the list of mysteries surrounding the tragedy.

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Finally, losers, in other words

Alex Trebek announced a memoir, The Answer Is…, set to be published July 21, one day before his 80th birthday. At the same time, Jeopardy is staggering new episodes before running out of ones already produced. But the current circumstances helped Trebek’s past brutal contestant takedowns to be appreciated like new:

Aren R. LeBrun @proustmalone

Alex Trebek squared up against death itself and simply doesn’t give a fuck anymore.