August 1, 2023

August 1st is the 213th day of the year. There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year.

After a one day delay, the Third St. bridge will be closed today. It will close at 7am and reopen on Friday at 7pm.

The closure is required to replace asphalt on either side of the bridge. Detours will be posted to direct traffic to the Lacroix Street Bridge and Fifth Street Bridge. These repairs are being done at no cost to the municipality.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library hosts Movies @ Your Library every Tuesday at the Chatham branch.

Book your spot today to see 80 for Brady. Movies start at 2pm.

The annual Athletes’ Fuel Cup hockey tournament begins tonight at Thames Campus arena.

Some of C-K’s best hockey players get ready for the season in a tournament that includes Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman T.J. Brodie, AHL all-star forward Seth Griffith and OHLer Deni Goure of the Owen Sound Attack.

The tournament will wrap up with playoff games on August 22nd.

There is no cost to enter.

Australia ended Canadian Women’s Soccer team‘s FIFA Women’s World Cup dream.

It’s Canada’s worst finish at the Women’s World Cup since it went winless in 2011 and finished last. Many are calling it Canadian women’s worst game in recent years. Canada’s best finish at the tournament was fourth in 2003. Four years ago in France, the Canada exited in a 1-0 loss to Sweden in the round of 16.

A double feature for stargazers this month; there will be two full moons.

The first is tonight as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, that gives it the supermoon label.

The moon will be even closer on August 30th — 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) away. Since it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be called a blue moon.

The last time we had two full supermoons in the same month was in 2018 and it won’t happen again until 2037.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod