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It’s another pandemic weekend, folks

Apr 23, 2021
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#BREAKING: Doug Ford apologizes to Ontarians in his first appearance since last Friday. “We moved too fast, and I know that some of those measures especially around enforcement went too far. Simply put we got it wrong, we made a mistake.”
680news.com‘We made a mistake,’ emotional Doug Ford apologizes to Ontarians - 680 NEWSAfter months of refusing to fund paid sick-leave, Ford says the province is now working on a program because the federal government hasn’t done so.
2:25 PM ∙ Apr 22, 2021
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The chaotic political history of Ford Nation secured one more chapter with a press conference from a self-isolated Ontario premier choked up about getting things wrong. But the lack of paid sick leave was offset by some companies instituting it on their own. A new Angus Reid poll shows Doug Ford losing the most enthusiasm now.


The circles are staying small

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Physical distancing circles returning to Trinity Bellwoods Park cp24.com/news/physical-…
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11:44 AM ∙ Apr 23, 2021
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Going outside gets some encouragement from the city of Toronto via announcing the return of physical distancing circles to Trinity Bellwoods Park, which was a destination for a recent anti-lockdown protest. Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie is pushing further for the provincial ban on outdoor activities to be lifted beyond the minimum allowed now.


Canada put a 30-day ban on flights from India and Pakistan. After some dithering about how to fight the arrival of the “double mutant” B.1617 variant, Ottawa acted on the concern the Journal de Montréal addressed with prejudice. Meanwhile, as the U.S. border closure gets another month, driving from a U.S. airport still means no quarantine hotel.


Shane Smith’s real estate deal

While reports of “advanced talks” for Vice Media going public through a special purpose acquisition company haven’t advanced further, its cable network has added more of the wrestling content that its target demographic wanted above anything else it offered. Meanwhile, the company’s formerly loud co-founder doubled his money on the estate he bought six years ago:

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Although the compound sold for $2 million less than Smith's original $50 million ask, the sale marks the most expensive home ever sold in the Santa Monica, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades communities
dirt.comVice Media’s Shane Smith Sells Santa Monica Estate for Nearly $49 MillionIn 2015, Vice Media mogul Shane Smith and his wife Tamyka paid $23 million to purchase Santa Monica’s Villa Ruchello estate from filmmaker Henry Jaglom and his ex-wife, actress-director Victoria Fo…
6:00 PM ∙ Apr 21, 2021
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“How DMX Ended Up in a Sum 41 Music Video.” GQ baits a click from millennials who remember the late rapper riding an ATV into a house in “Makes No Difference” around the time he was shooting the film Exit Wounds in Toronto. Sum 41 leader Deryck Whibley has recently been doing interviews to mark the 20 years since the band’s debut album.


Finally, on never-ending replay

The Weeknd single “Blinding Lights” just departed the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 after 57 weeks, during which time it eclipsed Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” as the most statistically popular record ever. It also might’ve altered the space time continuum, as another Weeknd track that’s been around for a year got upsized with Ariana Grande:

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