June 14, 2023

June 14, 2023 5:55 am Published by

June 14th is the 165th day of the year. There are 200 days remaining until the end of the year.

The fire ban has been lifted in Chatham-Kent.

The much needed rain over the last few days has helped. The municipality issued the burn ban last Thursday, saying that all open-air burn permits, both for agricultural and recreational fires (campfires), within Chatham-Kent were suspended.

Residential Campfire and Agricultural Open Air Burn Permits are available online at ckfire.ca or by visiting any municipal service center.

Today is World Blood Donor Day.

It’s a day to raise awareness to the importance that donating blood means to the health industry, as the range of uses is way more diverse than anyone thinks. From plasma treatments to research and emergency uses, donating blood has been an important cornerstone that has aided the world on several occasions.

The next blood donor clinic clinic locally is in Wallaceburg at the UAW Hall June 20th, the 21st at the Portuguese Canadian Club and Tilbury on the 27th.

No walk-in appointments are available. Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.

The Vegas Golden Knights are Stanley Cup champions.

They beat the Florida Panthers 9-3 at home to win the series in 5 games.

The Golden Knights not only made it to the championship series their first season (2017-2018), they are the first modern day franchise to win the cup so quickly, in only six years of existence. (The Edmonton Oilers won in their fifth season in 1984 with Wayne Gretzky.)

It was also Florida’s second major league championship loss in two days, after the Miami Heat lost in the NBA Finals to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night.

Gas prices are expect to drop today.

The average price at the pumps in Ontario will fall 4 cents per litre today down to 157.9.

Locally, as of 5:30am, it’s 159 in Chatham, 153 in Wallaceburg, 159 in Ridgetown, 153 in Blenheim and 154.9 in Tilbury.

Check CKNewsToday for the most recent prices.

A 16-year-old known as Mythicalrocket has broken the record for fastest typing in the world when he hit 300 words per minute.

The average typing speed is about 40 words per minute. If you’re someone does secretarial work, with a lot of typing involved, you could do 60 or 70wpm without making mistakes. That’s a more than a word a second.

What’s extraordinary is that mythicalrocket is only 16 years old and he’s only been speed typing for the last three years. “One of my friends introduced me to this website called monkeytype and I just got fascinated with getting higher scores.”

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This post was written by Chris McLeod