June 19, 2023

June 19th is the 170th day of the year. There are 195 days remaining until the end of the year.

After a wet week last week, the sun is back for the beginning of Summer.

Environment Canada is calling for sunshine all week with highs of 29.

Summer arrives at 10:57am Wednesday.

Chatham-Kent Public Health began beach water testing last week and public health inspectors will be sampling water for E. Coli from seven local beaches, monthly until September.

One of seven beaches in Chatham-Kent has tested high for E. Coli bacteria levels, but the rest have tested low and are safe for swimming. Getty’s Beach (by the Wheatley pier) has high levels of E. Coli bacteria, but Clearville Beach, Erieau Public Beach, Howard Township Beach, Mitchell’s Bay Beach, Pier Road Beach, and Bates Beach, all have low levels of bacteria and are safe for swimming.

Water with high levels of bacteria could increase the risk of skin, eye, ear, nose and throat infections or gastrointestinal illness.

Beach More, Worry Less!
Beach Water Testing Season has Begun!
Public Health Inspectors will be sampling water for E.coli from 7 local beaches, monthly until September. Our first week of results is now available at: https://t.co/IpIobj0EED #ckont pic.twitter.com/ZXdKI1R0rD

— CK Public Health (@CKPublicHealth) June 16, 2023

New area code for Chatham-Kent and the region added over the weekend.

Chatham-Kent, Windsor, London, Woodstock, Sarnia, and Stratford, is now served by the “226,” “519,” “548,” and “382” area codes. The “382” area code was introduced on Saturday. It will only be assigned once numbers associated with the existing area codes run out, sometime this month.

The addition was announced by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November.

Southwestern Ontario got its first area code, “519,” in 1953. The CRTC added “226” in 2006 and “548” in 2016.

Couple of nice honours within a week for Fergie Jenkins.

After having his statue unveiled at the Civic Centre last week, the street leading to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is now named after Ferguson “Fergie” Jenkins.

It’s not the first street named after Canada’s First baseball Hall of Famer, Fergie Jenkins Parkway runs through the St. Clair College campus, connecting Grand Ave West to McNaughton Ave in Chatham.

Today is officially known in the U.S. as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

Financial markets and most banks will be closed, as will non-essential federal, state and local government offices.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod