January 7, 2022

January 7, 2022 5:55 am Published by

January 7th is the seventh day of the year. There are 358 days remaining until the end of the year.


Chatham-Kent Public Health reported 163 new cases Thursday.

There are 30 patients hospitalized locally.

Ontario reported 13,339 new cases. Ontario COVID-19 hospitalizations is over 2,200 patients.


The Bradley Centre Vaccination Clinic is still open for first, second, booster and youth vaccinations.

Vaccinations are by appointment only, go to GetYourShotCK.ca or by call 519-351-1010.


The increased pandemic restrictions have given three Essex County municipalities a reason to extend their holiday light shows.

In Kingsville Fantasy of Lights will continue in Lakeside Park in town and at Cottam’s Rotary Park now until January 26th.

The light display in the Town of LaSalle will also continue until January 23rd. They were set to come down this weekend, but town officials have decided to extend the show. The lights go on at 6 each night at LaSalle Civic Centre on Malden Road.

River Lights will continue in Amherstburg until January 31st.

If you’re up for a drive there are a couple of options.


On Tuesday, Earth reached its perihelion for 2022.

That’s when we’re the closest to the sun, about 91.4 million miles (147 million + KM). Earth reached its closest point to the sun Tuesday at 1:52 am.

We’ll be the farthest from it on July 4th, about 94.5 million miles away. The fact that it’s colder this time of year has to do with the tilt of the Earth, not how far away we are from the sun.


Coca-Cola makes Fresca, and they’ve just announced that they’re going to start producing an alcoholic version later this year.

It’ll be called Fresca Mixed, and the flavours will be, “inspired by recipes created by Fresca fans worldwide.”

It’s unclear what the alcohol content will be. But last year, Pepsi announced an upcoming spiked version of Mountain Dew, which will be 5% alcohol.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod