June 16, 2023

June 16th is the 167th day of the year. There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Thames Art Gallery is hosting the Summer ARTcrawl.

Art lovers are invited to explore the galleries in downtown Chatham and check out some featured artists, receptions, live demos, an interactive museum display, and live music. Events get underway at 5

Click here for a full schedule.

Couple of farmers markets in C-K this weekend.

The Wallaceburg Farmers Market is open 8am-noon in the municipal parking lot on James St. It’ll run bi-weekly until October.

Ridgetown hosts a Farmers Market Saturday 8-noon. The market is held on Main St. every Saturday until October 8th.

Father’s Day is Sunday.

The idea of a special day to honour fathers and celebrate fatherhood was introduced in the United States. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd was inspired by the American Mother’s Day celebrations and planned a day to honour fathers early in the 20th century. The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910.

Father’s Day is observed on the third Sunday of June.

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; Family Day weekend, Mother’s Day Weekend and a full Free Fishing Week happening from July 1-9 this summer.

Looking for something fun to do with Dad this Father’s Day Weekend?

Why not take him fishing?

Canadian residents can fish for free June 17 and 18, making it the perfect time to get out to a lake or river and enjoy some fun family time.https://t.co/wGfEVX2I5M pic.twitter.com/1WyfjqLr6L

— Ontario Natural Resources and Forestry (@ONresources) June 15, 2023

Canada will reach a new milestone today as the population hits a record 40 million people.

Statistics Canada‘s Population Clock — a tool that track real-time growth using factors such as births, deaths and migration — will reach the 40-million mark just before 3pm.

Canada leads the G7 in population growth, with the country adding more than one million people between January 2021 and 2022 for the most ever in a single year. Last year’s annual population growth rate of 2.7% is the highest on record since 1957 when it was 3.3 per cent. At that time, a high number of births occurred during the post-war baby boom.

Permanent and temporary migration is largely driving this latest trend — both accounted for 96 per cent of all growth in 2022. Every province and territory, with the exception of the Northwest Territories, saw their populations increase last year.

StatCan says Canada’s population could reach 50 million by 2043.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod