The LocalSKIM for Monday, July 27

  • The St. Catharines Public Library has begun lending out telescopes. The telescopes are user friendly to first-time telescope users and can be borrowed by anyone holding an adult St. Catharines Public Library card. (Niagara this Week)
  • An Oshawa man has turned himself into police following a hit and run accident in Lincoln that resulted in the death of a cyclist. (610 CKTB)
  • Ontario has asked the federal government to work with the WHO to ensure Canadians who received mixed COVID-19 vaccines will be accepted internationally as being fully vaccinated. This comes after several cruise lines have said they won’t accept customers who have received different types of vaccines in addition to some countries not recognizing the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot made at the Serum Institute of India. (CBC News)