Real Event LogDes O'Callaghan, FBCISeptember 2020 - May 2021
| Date |
Location |
Event, threat, developing situation, etc. |
| 3-Sep-20 |
Canada |
PHAC data says 600 inbound international flights in 6 mos had Covid-positive passengers |
| 7-Sep-20 |
World |
WHO data shows India passes Brazil to have most Covid cases after the US |
| 7-Sep-20 |
California |
Continuing wildfires trigger power cuts and rescue operarions for hundreds of people |
| 9-Sep-20 |
Ontario |
Province puts the brakes on reopening as Covid new case numbers approach 200 per day |
| 13-Sep-20 |
Ontario |
Chemical spill inside a Mississauga home kills 1 resident and injures 10 others |
| 14-Sep-20 |
California |
Wildfire death toll reaches 35 as political debate rages over contributing causes |
| 17-Sep-20 |
Canada |
CRA admits August credential stuffing cyber incident affected 45,800 accounts, not 11,200 |
| 18-Sep-20 |
Brazil |
Wildfires in Pantanal wetlands, world's largest, are worse than the California fires |
| 21-Sep-20 |
US |
Within 3 days CDC quietly reverses its position on droplets vs airborne Covid tranmission |
| 22-Sep-20 |
California |
Bobcat Fire northeast of LA is advancing at 2 mph, threatening over 1,000 homes |
| 26-Sep-20 |
Ontario |
OPP admits it was simply not possible to restrict a crowd of 1,000 at a car rally |
| 28-Sep-20 |
Ontario |
In an endless stream of headlines about new Covid cases, a record is set at 700 |
| 29-Sep-20 |
The World |
Cumulative global Covid-19 death toll reaches 1,000,000 |
| 2-Oct-20 |
Washington DC |
President Trump discloses he and the first lady have tested positive for Covid-19 |
| 4-Oct-20 |
Ontario |
In the wake of a massive test results backlog, the province ends walk-up Covid testing |
| 3-Oct-20 |
Ontario |
Toronto Pubic Health discontinues contact tracing due to surging Covid case numbers |
| 7-Oct-20 |
Ontario |
People asked to limit Thanksgiving gatherings as daily new Covid case numbers average 600 |
| 10-Oct-20 |
Canada |
Federal authorities say the 2nd Covid wave is expected to be worse than the first one |
| 14-Oct-20 |
Canada |
West Jet announces it is removing 80% of its services in the Atlantic provinces |
| 15-Oct-20 |
Ontario |
1984 Christine Jessop murder is solved. Guy Paul Morin was innocent, but served 11 years. |
| 15-Oct-20 |
Nova Scotia |
Suspicious fire destroys Middle West Pubnico lobster pound during fishery protests |
| 16-Oct-20 |
France |
Teacher beheaded by radical Islamist after showing Muhammad cartoon to students |
| 23-Oct-20 |
Canada |
New Canadian record national high for reported new Covid cases is set at 2,786 |
| 24-Oct-20 |
US |
New US record national high for reported new Covid cases is set at 84,218 |
| 25-Oct-20 |
Ontario |
Provincial record number of new Covid cases of 1,042 attributed to Thanksgiving gatherings |
| 27-Oct-20 |
Pakistan |
Bombing of an Islamic seminary near Peshawar kills at least 8, injures over 136 |
| 28-Oct-20 |
Canada |
National Covid death toll passes 10,000 (of which 6,172 in Quebec, 3,103 in Ontario) |
| 30-Oct-20 |
Turkey |
Earthquake M6.9 in Izmiir kills at least 112, leaves thousands homeless |
| 2-Nov-20 |
Austria |
Islamist extremist rampages through Vienna nightlife district, killing 4; police kill him |
| 3-Nov-20 |
Ontario |
Colour-coded Covid restrictions introduced as scheduled reopenings near and cases rise |
| 3-Nov-20 |
Canada |
Top Dr. Theresa Tam advocates use of 3-layer masks to protect against Covid infection |
| 4-Nov-20 |
US |
Presidential election outcome undecided pending counts of absentee ballots in some states |
| 4-Nov-20 |
Canada |
PHAC updates guidance on Covid aerosol transmission without announcement |
| 10-Nov-20 |
Canada |
CBSA empties its illegal immigrant detention centres out of fear of Covid transmission |
| 15-Nov-20 |
Ontario |
Windstorm sweeps across the GTA knocking out power for 250,000 |
| 17-Nov-20 |
Ontario |
Health officials predict zero possibility of being in the "green zone" by Christmas |
| 19-Nov-20 |
Central America |
Hurricanes Eta and Iota kill dozens in Nicaragua; hundreds of thousands homeless |
| 19-Nov-20 |
Canada |
PHAC says daily Covid cases could reach 60,000 by year end without stronger restrictions |
| 25-Nov-20 |
Ontario |
Premier Ford pronounces Christmas must be celebrated only within a household |
| 5-Dec-20 |
Canada |
Record numbers of new Covid cases reported on the same day in ON, QC and AB |
| 8-Dec-20 |
UK |
Covid vaccination begins (Pfizer); 90-year-old woman in Coventry the first |
| 9-Dec-20 |
US |
Federal government and dozens of states sue Facebook in two antitrust suits |
| 11-Dec-20 |
Ontario |
4-storey building collapse at a London construction site kills 2 workers |
| 14-Dec-20 |
Canada |
First Covid vaccinations in the country adminstered in Quebec and Ontario |
| 14-Dec-20 |
US |
Electoral college counts confirm Biden is President, overriding unproven Trump fraud claims |
| 15-Dec-20 |
UK |
Scientists investigate a possible variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus |
| 19-Dec-20 |
Canada |
National Covid-19 cases pass 500,000, while Case Fatality Ratio is steadily declining |
| 21-Dec-20 |
Ontario |
Province announces another 4-week strict lockdown will commence on Boxing Day |
| 25-Dec-20 |
Quebec |
Hundreds forced to evacuate due to rare winter river flooding near Quebec City |
| 27-Dec-20 |
Ontario |
First Canadian case of Covid-19 UK variant strain confirmed in Ottawa |
| 1-Jan-21 |
Alberta |
Helicopter crash into a farmer's field in Birch Hills County kills 4 |
| 2-Jan-21 |
Nova Scotia |
Army vet kills 3 family members and himself; had been seeking help for PTSD |
| 4-Jan-21 |
UK |
Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is launched, putting the UK ahead globally |
| 6-Jan-21 |
Washington DC |
Pro-Trump protesters occupy the Capitol building for 4 hours; 1 is killed by Police |
| 12-Jan-21 |
Ontario |
Stay-at-home order announced as record Covid case number (2.903) causes alarm |
| 15-Jan-21 |
Indonesia |
Earthquake M6.2 in Sulawesi kills at least 56, injures hundreds; thousands homeless |
| 18-Jan-21 |
Canada |
Vaccination rollout stalled as Pfizer cuts Canada's orders in half due to facility upgrades |
| 21-Jan-21 |
Canada |
Governor General Payette resigns in light of serious allegations of harrassment |
| 27-Jan-21 |
Ontario |
Air Transat discontinues flights out of Toronto for the rest of the winter due to Covid |
| 31-Jan-21 |
Canada |
Covid-19 death toll passes 20,000; 52,000 cases active; 703,000 recovered |
| 1-Feb-21 |
Canada |
Federal government announces new international travel restrictions coming soon |
| 1-Feb-21 |
Northeast US |
Significant blizzards close down transportation and many services over a wide area |
| 2-Feb-21 |
Australia |
Out-of-control wildfires near Perth destroy dozens of homes and farmland |
| 8-Feb-21 |
India |
Glacier mudslide in Utterakhand kills 20; 165 missing; 37 power plant workers trapped |
| 8-Feb-21 |
Ontario |
Covid stay-at-home order extended by at least 2 weeks due to case numbers and variants |
| 13-Feb-21 |
Alberta |
Earthquake M3.9 near Banff causes some noticeable mild shaking, but no damage |
| 14-Feb-21 |
Washington DC |
Microsoft says December cyberattacks on US Government agencies were largest ever seen |
| 15-Feb-21 |
Texas |
Rare deep freeze raises power demands, causing outages for 3 million people |
| 18-Feb-21 |
US |
CDC says life expectancy dropped a full year in 2020 (77.8), back to 2006 level |
| 18-Feb-21 |
Texas |
Severe winter weather continues; 30 dead; millions still without heat and power |
| 24-Feb-21 |
US |
FDA approves Johnson & Johnson Covid single-dose vaccine for emergency use |
| 26-Feb-21 |
Nigeria |
279 schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school in Jangebe; all later released |
| 2-Mar-21 |
Canada |
Stats Canada reports economy had its worst year ever in 2020 with GDP loss of 5.4% |
| 7-Mar-21 |
Equatorial Guinea |
Accidental dynamite explosions at a military barracks kill at least 20, injure over 600 |
| 11-Mar-21 |
Canada |
1 year on from pandemic declaration, Canada has had 900,000 Covid cases and 22,000 deaths |
| 13-Mar-21 |
Canada |
CRA locks out 800,000 on-line users whose user names and passwords have been compromised |
| 16-Mar-21 |
Georgia |
8 killed, mostly women of Asian background, in shootings at Atlanta area massage parlours |
| 20-Mar-21 |
Iceland |
Long-dormant volcano erupts near Reykjavik, following 50,000 small earthquakes in 3 weeks |
| 23-Mar-21 |
Egypt |
The Ever Given cargo ship gets stuck in the Suez Canal, causing a massive freight backlog |
| 25-Mar-21 |
Ontario |
New Covid cases of "variants of concern" surpass cases of the original virus |
| 29-Mar-21 |
Egypt |
Freighter blocking the Suez canal begins to be refloated, raising hopes for supply chain relief |
| 29-Mar-21 |
Ontario |
Expert panel says due to variants, Covid is now completely out of control in the province |
| 1-Apr-21 |
Washington DC |
Armed man rams a truck into 2 policeman at a Capitol barricade, killing one of them |
| 2-Apr-21 |
Taiwan |
Passenger train crashes into a truck and derails, killing at least 51, injuring dozens more |
| 3-Apr-21 |
Ontario |
Province introduces "Emergency Brake" retrictions due to worsening Covid-19 third wave |
| 3-Apr-21 |
Egypt |
Last of 422 container ships clears the Suez canal following the blockage 11 days earlier |
| 4-Apr-21 |
Canada |
Cumulative cases of Covid-19 hits 1,000,000 |
| 8-Apr-21 |
Ontario |
Provinces issue stay-at-home order as 3rd wave Covid case numbers keep rising |
| 11-Apr-21 |
Quebec |
Anti-curfew protests in Old Montreal turn violent; over 100 ticketed |
| 14-Apr-21 |
Ontario |
Toronto area hospitals shut down vacccine clinics due to supply shortage |
| 15-Apr-21 |
Ontario |
Daily new Covid cases exceed 4,000; modelling shows 18,000, with 1,800 in ICU by end of May |
| 15-Apr-21 |
Indiana |
8 killed in a mass shooting by a former employee at an Indianapolis FedEx facility |
| 19-Apr-21 |
Canada |
Flawed software update disables Rogers wireless for hours; voice, data and SMS affected |
| 22-Apr-21 |
India |
Record 314,000 daily new Covid cases overwhelm hospital capacity amid oxgen supply shortage |
| 25-Apr-21 |
Iraq |
Fire in a Baghdad hospital kills over 80 and injures another 100 in the Covid ICU |
| 30-Apr-21 |
Israel |
Human stampede at a religious festival at Mount Meron kills at least 45 and injures 150 |
| 1-May-21 |
India |
Fire in a Covid hospital ward in Bharuch kills 18, some from smoke; 31 other patients rescued |
| 4-May-21 |
Mexico |
Subway overpass collapse onto a roadway in Mexico City kills at least 24, injures 77 |
| 7-May-21 |
US Southeast |
Colonial pipeline shut down by a ransomware attack; fuel supply to several states affected |
| 7-May-21 |
Israel |
Hundreds hurt in violent clashes in East Jerusalem as rocket attacks from Gaza persist |
| 9-May-21 |
BC |
Man shot and killed in a gang-related attack in front of the terminal at YVR airport |
| 11-May-21 |
Russia |
Lone gunman opens fire in a school in Kazan, killing 9, badly wounding more |
| 12-May-21 |
Michigan |
Governor threatens shutdown of Enbridge Line 5; it supplies half of Eastern Canada's fuel |
| 12-May-21 |
Israel |
Military retaliates to thousands of rockets launched from Gaza raining down on cities all day |
| 13-May-21 |
Ontario |
Province extends stay-at-home order until at least June 2 despite falling Covid case numbers |
| 16-May-21 |
Canada |
Pro-Palestinian rallies held in Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal due to conflict in Israel |
| 17-May-21 |
India |
Cyclone Tauktae hits Gujurat hard, evacuating hundreds of thousands; at least 12 killed |
| 23-May-21 |
China |
21 die in extreme cold conditions during a high-altitude ultramarathon in Gansu |
| 25-May-21 |
Ontario |
First known death in the province from a rare blood clot tied to Astra-Zenica Covid vaccine |
| 27-May-21 |
Canada |
Canada Post admits data breach from a malware attack exposed information on a million people |
| 27-May-21 |
BC |
Discovery of remains of 215 children at a residential school in Kamloops causes national grief |
| 28-May-21 |
Canada |
Dr. Tam says 3rd Covid wave peak is definitely over, but restrictions must be continued |
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