November 27, 2018

Today is Giving Tuesday, a movement to create an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season after the commercialization of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The website Mashable championed the first Giving Tuesday in 2012, many more companies have jumped on in the years since.

On Giving Tuesday, restaurants across Chatham-Kent will be donating 25% of their daily pre-tax food sales in support of United Way.

Grab a bit to eat at the following restaurants and give back:

Chatham:

• • Mike’s Place
  • Casa Bella
  • Subway Locations
  • Sonny’s Sandwich Emporium

Pain Court:

• • • Central Tavern

Ridgetown:

• • • Station 11

Wallaceburg:

• • • The Black Goose Grill
    • James Street Eatery
    • Subway

Dresden:

• • • • • Subway

The Tuesday Movie @ Your Library is Papillon and you can see it today at 2.

Stop by the Chatham Branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library every week for the Tuesday Movie @ Your Library.

Everyone is welcome for a suggested donation of $2 at the door.

Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers.

The government had deemed passage of the bill to be urgent due to the economic impact of continued mail disruptions during the busy holiday season. It rushed the bill through the House of Commons last week. Royal Assent was granted late yesterday.

Canada Post said Monday that the backlog of mail and parcels is “severe” and expected to “worsen significantly” once online orders from Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are processed.

In a statement, the post office said it is experiencing delivery delays across the country and that’s expected to continue throughout the holiday season and into January.

Dictionary.com announced their Word of the Year is “misinformation.”

Their definition: “False information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to mislead.” They say it’s been around for a long time, obviously, but social media has changed how information is shared and absorbed, not always for the best.

This is the third Word of the Year announcement. Collins Dictionary went with “single-use,” and Oxford went with “toxic.”

#Misinformation is our #WordOfTheYear2018. So let’s talk about disinformation, shall we? https://t.co/g928wHdtdU pic.twitter.com/K6tqBTH3Vo

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) November 27, 2018

General Motors has confirmed it will close its Oshawa assembly plant and four other facilities in the United States next year, as part of a global restructuring of the company.

GM will end production of six sedans by the end of 2019. North American customers want SUVs, crossovers, hatchbacks and trucks. Sedans have fallen out of favor.

The company is preparing to transition to self-driving, electric cars for the future.

The soon-to-be closed plants mean GM will no longer make these cars:

• Buick LaCrosse
• Cadillac CT6
• Cadillac XTS
• Chevrolet Cruze
• Chevrolet Impala
• Chevrolet Volt

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This post was written by Chris McLeod