March 1, 2021

March 1, 2021 5:55 am Published by

March 1st is the 60th day of 2021. There are 305 days remaining until the end of the year.

As of 12:01 this morning, Chatham-Kent has moved from the Red-Control level in the COVID-19 Reopening Framework to Orange-Restrict.

What does that mean? Go here for full details on the Orange-Restrict level.

The Windsor-Essex and Sarnia-Lambton areas will remain at Red-Control while the London area also changed to Orange-Restrict.

On Saturday morning Chatham-Kent Public Health began vaccinations for individuals over 80.

Book an appointment by calling 519-351-1010. Phone lines open at 9:30am.

If no answer, leave a message based on the following schedule:

  • Last Name (A-M) call Mon/Wed/Fri
  • Last Name (N-Z) call Tue/Thu/Fri

No more collecting Air Miles at the LCBO.

The over 20-year partnership between the liquor board and rewards program will end on March 31st. Customers will still be able to to collect Air Miles and use Cash Miles for LCBO vouchers up until that date.

The LCBO will be releasing details on a future loyalty program in the coming months.

LCBO has offered Air Miles since 1997.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent wants to hear from you, regarding the 2022 election.

An online survey has been launched that focuses on what voting methods residents would prefer to see in the fall of 2022. Options include paper ballots at a polling station, internet voting, mail-in ballots or voting by phone.

In the last two Chatham-Kent elections, internet voting was done for advanced polls only with paper ballots used on election day at polling locations throughout the municipality. Vote by mail and vote by phone options have never been used before.

Once the survey is complete, responses will be tallied and a report go to council.

The municipal election day in Ontario is set for October 24, 2022.

The survey can be found by clicking here. Comments will be accepted until March 23, 2021.

Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway has closed for the season after only 26 days of skating.

A snow storm and warm weather won’t allow maintenance to get the World’s Largest Skating Rink back to safe conditions this year.

The Rideau Canal Skateway opened for the season on January 28th, and was open for 26 days of skating. During the last full week of skating there was an average of 20,216 visits per day

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This post was written by Chris McLeod