March 26, 2024

March 26th is the 86th day of the year. There are 280 days remaining until the end of the year.

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

Book your spot today to see To Catch a Killer with Shailene Woodley.

Movies start at 2pm.

Donors are needed.

There are a handful of blood donor clinics in Chatham-Kent next month.

• Tuesday, April 2 – Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre, Dresden 2-7 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 9 – Portuguese Canadian Social Club, Chatham 1-8 p.m.
• Saturday, April 20 – St. Clair College Healthplex, Chatham 10:30-2:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 23 – UAW Hall, Wallaceburg 1-7 p.m.

No walk-in appointments are available. Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.

The Ontario government will extend the gas and fuel tax rate cuts until the end of this year.

Premier Doug Ford temporarily cut the gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024.

The cuts will save Ontario households $320 on average over the two and a half years since the tax rate cuts were first introduced.

The Ford government will introduce the proposed legislation with its 2024 spring budget, which will be released on later today.

A bridge in the Baltimore area was hit by a container ship overnight and has collapsed into the harbour.

A large vessel collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge at around 01:30 a.m. local time, causing the full length of the structure to give way and plunge into the water. The 1,200 feet  span bridge was the third longest span of any continuous truss in the world.

It’s still not clear how many people were on the bridge when the cargo ship made impact, or what happened to them.

BREAKING: Ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse pic.twitter.com/OcOrSjOCRn

— BNO News (@BNONews) March 26, 2024

Canada’s syrup reserves are at a 16-year low, but it won’t affect prices for now.

The shortage is linked to both a rise in demand and warmer weather, which has disrupted production.

The reserve, located in Quebec, is designed to hold 133 million pounds of maple syrup at any given year. But in 2023, the supply fell to 6.9 million pounds (3.1 million kg).

Canada is the only country in the world that maintains a reserve of maple syrup.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod