September 14, 2022

September 14th is the 257th day of the year. There are 109 days remaining until the end of the year.

Come out and connect at the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce BIZconneCKt Networking Event at Sons of Kent this evening.

Formerly known as Business After Hours, you’re invited to come out from 5-6:30 tonight.

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Tonight at 7pm stop by to see Grease on the big screen.

Seats must be reserved. To reserve your seats click here. Admission is $5 or flash your movie pass for entry.

Tuesday morning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Monday, September 19th will be a federal holiday and a day of mourning as Queen Elizabeth II is buried in the U.K.

Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon are both set to travel to the U.K. for the Queen’s state funeral.

Other Commonwealth countries have already announced holidays to commemorate the Queen’s passing: the United Kingdom will have a bank holiday Monday for the funeral, marking the final day of the 10 days of mourning, and Australia and New Zealand will have public holidays on September 22 and 26 respectively.

Also Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that there will not have provincial holiday on Monday to mark Queen’s death.

Instead, the province will mark the day as a provincial Day of Mourning in lieu of a provincial holiday, with a moment of silence scheduled at 1:00pm that day to remember Queen Elizabeth II.

So it will be a holiday for federal government employees. Federally regulated employers are welcomed to follow suit, but they are not required to do so.

The Weather Network has released their fall outlook.

Summer got off to a late start, and the pattern continues with warmer temperatures into the new season. It does look like the hot and humid weather that much of the region experienced this summer may soon be over as the temperatures slowly decline. A comfortable, warm, crisp, fall-like weather does look like it’s in store.

The big change will come in November as the cooler weather arrives.

The Weather Network believes there is a chance we may see a strong fall storm or two before the weather turns cold, but precipitation levels for southwestern and midwestern Ontario will be near normal. The region may see some measurable snow in November, but nothing that will pack a punch.

Click here for the full fall outlook.

Will it be a more traditional fall season across Canada, or is winter weather lurking just around the corner?

Find out in our official 2022 Fall Forecast 🍂🍁❄#FallForecast https://t.co/TerOhs38ah

— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) September 13, 2022

Chatham-Kent is looking for some creative names for six more snowplows this winter season.

Last year, more than 1,000 names were submitted to the contest and over 5,300 votes were cast. Anita Shovel came in first place.

The nomination period is now open online at Let’s Talk Chatham-Kent.

This phase will be open for at least two weeks before municipal officials narrow the list down to 25 names. The public will then vote to decide the top six names, one for each ward across Chatham-Kent.

The cost of creating the signs on each of the renamed snowplows is being covered by WINMAR through sponsorship.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod