May 12, 2023

May 12th is the 132nd day of the year. There are 233 days remaining until the end of the year.

Three new stores will be opening in the Thames Lea Plaza on Grand Ave in Chatham.

The Brick will relocate within the month, Ardene will open early Fall and Sephora is indeed opening in Chatham. They’ll open sometime this Summer.

In the parking lot closest to the road, new buildings will be built for some restaurants that will be dubbed “chicken alley”

Today is International Nurses Day!

The day honours nurses for their contributions worldwide and marks the conclusion of National Nurses Week, which began on May 7th.

Today is also the birthday of the notable nurse Florence Nightingale. The International Council of Nurses has celebrated the day since 1965.

It’s another Free Fishing Weekend in Ontario.

Normally you would require an Ontario Outdoors Card in addition to the license to be able to catch fish in the province, neither of which are required this weekend.

Ontario holds free fishing dates four times a year. The first took place over Family Day weekend and the next will be over Father’s Day Weekend. A full Free Fishing Week will happen from July 1-9 this summer.

#DYK Canadian residents can fish for free this Mother’s Day weekend?

Get outdoors and enjoy fishing this weekend on one of many lakes or rivers across the province. https://t.co/t3JFFVOvaH#FamilyFishingWeekend #FreeFishing pic.twitter.com/LI9sGnaK1M

— Ontario Natural Resources and Forestry (@ONresources) May 11, 2023

Tomorrow, for the first time in the 26 year history of the WNBA, the league will play a game in Canada.

The Chicago Sky will take on the Minnesota Lynx at the Scotiabank Arena. The WNBA was just days from announcing a pre-season game in Canada in March of 2020. Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

Chatham’s Bridget Carleton will be playing for the Minnesota Lynx.

For more info you can check WNBACanadaGame.com. The tipoff is at 4pm on Sportsnet and TSN.

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Celebrated in about 60 countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, Turkey, and the USA.

The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at a church in Grafton, West Virginia.

More North Americans normally eat out on Mothers Day more than any other special occasion.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod