November 13, 2023

November 13, 2023 5:55 am Published by

November 13th is the 317th day of the year. There are 48 days remaining until the end of the year.

Some services across Chatham-Kent will not be available today in honour of Remembrance Day.

  • Municipal offices and most services will be closed in recognition of Remembrance Day.
  • Arts and Culture: All theatres, museums and art galleries will be closed on today. That includes CKTickets/Box Office, Chatham Capitol Theatre, Kiwanis Theatre, Chatham Cultural Centre, Chatham-Kent Museum, Milner Heritage House, Ridge House Museum, Thames Art Gallery, and ARTspace.
  • Service Ontario: The offices in both Chatham and Dresden will be closed Monday.
  • Entegrus and Public Utilities Commission: Entegrus and the Public Utilities Commission will be closed. However, you can call 519-352-6300, in case of an emergency.
  • Employment and Social Services: Employment and Social Services will be closed. The Homeless Response Line at 519-354-6628 for homeless emergencies within Chatham-Kent is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • CK Public Health: CK Public Health is closed. Essential after-hours Public Health services are available by calling 1-866-446-8207.
  • Waste and Recycling: Collection services will not be affected this week.
  • Leaf and Yard Depots: All Leaf and Yard Depots will be open regular hours.

For a full list, go to CKNewsToday.ca.

Tim Hortons is bringing back the Smile Cookies for the holidays!

The Holiday Smile Cookie at Tims are back beginning today, until Sunday, supporting Pet and Wildlife Rescue.
In Tilbury, every Holiday Smile Cookie sold at the Mill Street location will directly benefit the Tilbury Information & HELP Centre.

This is the first ever time Tims has done the campaign during the holidays. The Holiday Smile Cookie is a white chocolate chip sugar cookie, with red and green sprinkles and a hand-decorated smile.

On Friday the National Toy Hall of Fame announced the three toys it’ll be inducting this year.

And they are…

This year’s other finalists were: Battleship, bingo, Bop It, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Connect 4, the Little Tykes Cozy Coupe, slime and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Last year’s inductees were: Lite-Brite, spinning tops, and Masters of the Universe.

The Toy Hall of Fame is found inside The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. They’ve been inducting toys since 1998.

VIA Rail and Amtrak are looking into a new route connecting Toronto and Chicago, with stops along the way in Windsor and Detroit.

The proposed $44 million project would link VIA’s existing Toronto-Windsor route and Amtrak’s Detroit-Chicago route by closing a 14.5km gap between the services. Trains would use the existing Detroit River Rail Tunnel. The two rail schedules are already closely aligned, which would make linking the networks easier. A trip on the combined route — which would allow travel on a single Amtrak/VIA ticket — would be expected to take roughly 11 hours between Toronto and Chicago.

This is still a pipe dream, with funding still not secured and a timeline that isn’t to begin until 2027.

The iconic 40 oz bottles of Olde English 800 malt liquor are no longer being shipped north of the border.

Milwaukee’s Miller Brewing Company, has decided to stop importing Olde English 800. Discontinuing distribution was actually decided back in 2021.

So whatever you’re seeing on the shelves is all that’s left. No more games of Edward Fortyhands, which is probably for the best.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod