December 19, 2023

December 19th is the 353rd day of the year. There are 12 days remaining until the end of the year.

No major issues after some snowfall on Monday.

Environment Canada lifted the Winter Weather Travel Advisory that was put in place yesterday for Chatham-Kent.

Sun and cloud and a high of 1C today.

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

Book your spot today to see Bones of Crows starring Edward Norton and Alec Baldwin.

Movies start at 2pm.

The final piece of the Chatham Goodfellows No Child Without a Christmas campaign is today.

Food hamper packing begins this morning at 8am at the Spirit and Life Centre, deliveries start at 11:30am.

Tim Hortons will celebrate their 60th anniversary in 2024, and they’re bringing back one of its original doughnuts.

Welcome back to the Dutchie! The sweet, square-shaped doughnut with raisins was one of the original treats Tims sold when it opened in 1964 but was phased out in the early 2000’s.

As part of its anniversary plans, Tims will bring back three other retro doughnuts, but they’re under wraps for now.

Tims will celebrate its 60th anniversary on May 17th, 2024.

Airbnb is banning parties at all Ontario listings this New Year’s Eve.

Airbnb will be temporarily imposing sterner restrictions with the aim of “reducing the risk of unauthorized and disruptive parties.”

AI will seek out one, two and three-night reservation requests for entire homes over expected party dates that “could be potentially higher-risk” for New Years Eve parties, and then bar them from successfully going through.

Risk factors include the duration of the booking in question and what type of listing is being booked out (a large detached home for a high price, for example, may mean a large group is chipping in to cover the cost). Shorter bookings are more suspicious.

Last-minute bookings raise a red flag, and how far a listing is from their given location; someone from the same city booking a home over the holiday in that city, would be suspicious.

Last year, 4,200 people in Ontario were blocked from booking out homes for gathering purposes.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod