October 10, 2019

October 10, 2019 5:55 am Published by

October 10th is the 283rd day of the year. There are 82 days remaining until the end of the year.

Quite the busy week in C-K.

The CIBC Run for the Cure raised over $60,000 (and rising) on Sunday.

The Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre Walk a Mile in her Shoes raised over $10,000 on Tuesday.

And yesterday, our Two Boobs in a Bucket fundraiser raised close to $3500 for breast cancer research.

Thanks to everyone for donating! What a giving community!

Less than two weeks to go on the federal election. We’ll head to the polls on Monday, October 21st.

But if you’re prepared to vote already, advanced polls open tomorrow.

Advanced polls begin on Friday, October 11 and continues Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Advance polls are open across the country 9-9.

Electors can find the address of their assigned polling station on the back of their voter information card, by visiting elections.ca.

The Dairy Farmers of Ontario has partnered with the Toronto Raptors to launch the MilkUP Trophy Tour – bringing the NBA Championship Trophy, the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy to 8 communities across Canada.

The tour will hit Windsor on Saturday at Riverfront Plaza from 10-6.

Stop by and get an up close look at the Raptors Championship trophy, try your hand at some basketball activities, take photos and have a chance at winning tickets to the home opener in Toronto.

Surf City, North Carolina residents have been asked not to do their laundry until the end of the week.

City officials instituted a voluntary five-day ban so the public works department could flush excess iron from the town’s water lines. The water is not safe for clothes because it can discolor them.

The water is safe to drink.

A design company called in New York just released a new limited-edition line of Nike’s called Jesus Shoes. And they’re filled with holy water.

The shoes are white ’97 Air Max Nikes with a crucifix weaved into the laces, frankincense-scented insoles and turquoise-tinted holy water from the Jordan River injected into the see-through air bubble above the soles.

The shoes also have “MT 14:25” printed on them, that’s a reference to Matthew 14:25, which is the Bible passage about Jesus walking on water.

The company put their pairs of Jesus Shoes on sale on Tuesday morning at $3,000-a-pair and they sold out immediately.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod