November 4, 2022

November 4th is the 308th day of the year. There are 57 days remaining until the end of the year.

Negotiations between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario Government ended Thursday afternoon without a deal, meaning millions of students in the province will not be in the classroom today.

All St. Clair Catholic District, Lambton Kent District and the french school board schools are closed for today.

As for what next week looks like, both school boards are asking parents to keep an eye on their websites and listen to CKSY for updates or follow CKNewsToday.ca for the latest.

Free public skating this weekend for the family! Grab your skates and enjoy some time on the ice.

Friday, November 4th
4-5:30 pm, Chatham Erickson Arena – sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living

Saturday, November 5th
12-1:30 pm, Bothwell Arena – sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living
7:30-9 pm, Blenheim Arena – sponsored by Chatham-Kent Professional Engineers

Sunday, November 6th
1-2:30 pm, Chatham Thames Campus Complex – sponsored by St. Clair College Alumni Association
1-2:30 pm, Dresden Arena – sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living
1-2:30 pm, Tilbury Arena – sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living
2-3:30 pm, Wallaceburg Arena – anonymous sponsor in support of children’s activities
2-3:30 pm, Wheatley Arena – sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living
2:30-4 pm, Ridgetown Arena – sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living

Got a pumpkin that’s got to go? Don’t throw it out, recycle it!

The Moon & Stars Farm at 283 Dawn Mills Rd., just outside of Dresden is hosting a Meet and Bleat this weekend.

Come out and feed your Halloween pumpkins to the goats Saturday 11-4pm.

Farm owner Emily talked to CKMORNINGS earlier this week:

Another chance to be a billionaire in Saturday’sPowerball draw.

The jackpot is worth 1.5 billion. The jackpot is the second-largest prize in Powerball’s 30-year history.

If one ticket wins and the holder chooses a lump-sum option, the ticket would yield a one-time payment of an estimated $745.9 million. An annuity option would spread 30 payments across 29 years.

There are no restrictions that prohibit Canadians from playing the Powerball lottery. Tickets can be bought online.

Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend as we fall back an hour; officially at 2am Sunday morning.

There has been talk from some of the provinces about doing away with daylight saving altogether, but it largely depends on what the U.S. decides to do.

In Ontario, the province has agreed to make the change if New York and Quebec also agree to do so.

The C-K Fire Department reminds us that we should use the end of daylight saving time to change the batteries in our smoke alarms.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod