October 4, 2022

October 4th is the 277th day of the year. There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Kent Federation of Agriculture is hosting a candidates meet and greet tonight at the Portuguese Canadian Club.

Stop by anytime between 6-10pm to meet candidates from all six wards and mayoral candidates.

Candidate introductions begin at 6:30 with Ward 1 and then the next ward every 1/2 hour.

Internet voting is now open at CKElection.ca.

No winning ticket for the Lotto Max jackpot on Friday.

The next draw is tonight. Tickets are available online or in store until 10:30pm on draw nights.

The jackpot will stay at $70 million, now with 47 $1 million MAXMILLIONS.

The Tunnel Bus is returning.

Transit Windsor says the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Bus will resume service on Sunday, November 20th.

The fare will be $7.50 one way or $15 round trip – Canadian or US.

The Tunnel Bus operates a short route through downtown Detroit, seven days a week. Service to Little Caesars, Comerica Park and Ford Field is still suspended until further notice.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced a new rule on Thursday that satellites that are no longer in service must get out of the sky within five years to help decrease the amount of garbage in Earth’s orbit.

This five-year timeline is far shorter than the previous rule of 25 years. The goal of this rule is to prevent the dangerous collection of junk and debris in space.

It’s estimated that there are more than 100 million pieces of space junk traveling uncontrolled through orbit, ranging in size from a penny to an entire rocket booster. Much of that debris, experts say, is too small to track and could cause collisions in space that could render future space exploration and satellite launches impractical — and even impossible.

The Problem of Space Junk
☠️ A berry-size piece of debris can damage or even destroy a spacecraft. Learn more about space junk: what it is, what people left in space, and how we can get rid of it 👇https://t.co/EDFMbma1nV

— Star Walk (@StarWalk) September 28, 2022

It’s Fat Bear Week.

Fat Bear Week is an annual, single-elimination tournament.

The competition shows off the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve as they complete their transformations from scrawny to “fat” for hibernation. We get to watch along on the live Bear Cams.

The competition has been around since 2014. The average midsummer weight of an adult male in Katmai is estimated between 700 to 900 pounds. Several large brown bears in Katmai can weigh in at over 1,000 pounds by the fall.

From October 5 – 11, the public votes online for the bear that they think best exemplifies fatness in brown bears. The bear with the most votes advances. Only one is crowned Fat Bear Week champion. The larger goal of Fat Bear Week is to promote conservation efforts to preserve places like Katmai.

Fans can vote on Explore.org’s website every day of the competition between noon and 9pm.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod