December 20, 2023

December 20th is the 354th day of the year. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year.

The third and final Santa Show of the year is tonight at 6!

Santa will be on CKSY to talk to all the good little girls and boys from 6 until 7pm.

Thank you to all our sponsors; Tim Cummings Sales Rep at Realty House, Thames Communications, and TJ Stables.

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Tonight at 2pm or 7pm stop by to see National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Admission is $5 or flash your movie pass for entry. Check here for more info.

Chatham’s Andy Fantuz will receive another accolade; induction into the Football Ontario Hall of Fame.

A graduate of John McGregor, he dominated while at the University of Western Ontario, before moving on to the CFL.

Fantuz will be part of the inaugural induction into the Hall of Fame. There’s been no word on if or when an induction ceremony will take place.

Football Ontario is excited to announce the inductees into the inaugural Football Ontario Hall of Fame, Class of 2023.

Leading us off in the Players Category is @andyfantuz – A Chatham, Ontario native & standout receiver at Western & in the CFL for 12 seasons.

Congrats Andy! pic.twitter.com/3afFMGx5GT

— Football Ontario (@FootballOntario) December 18, 2023

CK Recreation has released its Holiday Swim schedules for Gable Rees Rotary Pool and Wallaceburg Sydenham Pool.

There are free swim times available at each pool beginning December 27th.

Click below for a full schedule of swims:

• Gable Rees Rotary Pool
• Wallaceburg Sydenham Pool

If you feel like its a bit more crowded lately, it is!

Canada’s population growth in the third quarter of 2023, has broke a 66-year record.

According to Statistics Canada‘s latest report, as of October 1, the country’s population topped 40.5 million, that’s an increase of over 430,000 people from July 1.

That is the highest population growth in any quarter since 1957, when Canada’s population grew by 198,000 people. Back then Canada’s population was 16.7 million people, and the rapid population growth came from the high number of births during the post-war baby boom and high immigration of refugees following the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.

This time around, the spike is mainly due to international migration, which accounted for 96% of growth in the third quarter of 2023.

Canada’s #population was estimated at 40,528,396 on October 1, 2023, an increase of 430,635 people (+1.1%) from July 1. This was the highest quarterly rate since 1957. Learn more: https://t.co/k2RMW2RRB0. pic.twitter.com/efhxP4qbd5

— Statistics Canada (@StatCan_eng) December 19, 2023

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This post was written by Chris McLeod