July 26, 2024

July 26th is the 208th day of the year. There are 158 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Dresden Night Market is tomorrow.

Come out and visit downtown Dresden and experience shopping, food, music, entertainment and a pop-up bar.

The night market runs from 4 p.m. – 11 p.m.

It is 100% volunteer organized and supports small businesses, artists, entertainers, and community groups.

The Josiah Henson Museum of African – Canadian History in Dresden will be celebrating Emancipation Day tomorrow.

Emancipation Day is the day when the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 became law across the British Empire, including Canada on August 1, 1834. In 2021, the federal government voted unanimously to officially recognize August 1st as Emancipation Day.

The Josiah Henson Museum will recognize the day by hosting a fun and educational day featuring music, speakers and presenters and children’s crafts. It is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

The event runs Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

A schedule of events can be found here.

The 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony is today.

For the first time in Olympic history, the Opening Ceremony will not be held at a stadium. The parade of athletes will instead travel along the Seine, a river that runs through the centre of Paris. This will also be the first Opening Ceremony with no admission fee, allowing spectators to gather along the route to watch the athletes go by.The route follows a six-kilometre stretch that will pass by famous landmarks like the Louvre and Notre Dame before ending at the Trocadero, across from the Eiffel Tower.

There will be 10,500 athletes participating in the parade as well as live performances throughout the ceremony.

Canada will be sending 338 athletes to Paris, including noteable names like swimmers Penny Oleksiak and Summer McIntosh, as well as sprinter Andre De Grasse. Locally, Chatham’s Bridget Carleton makes her second Olympic team for Women’s Basketball. Bothwell’s Nick Wammes will compete in Cycling representing Canada at the games for the second time. Ridgetown’s Chris von Martels will make his third games appearance in Equestrian – Dressage, currently he’s listed as an alternate.

The Summer Olympic Opening Ceremonies are Friday at 1 p.m. on CBC, TSN and Sportsnet.

Another chance to check out some live music this weekend with the Two Creeks Summer Concert Series in Wheatley.

Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday evenings until early September. Admission is free.

This week ​British Beat 66 takes the stage.

Earth’s three hottest days on record were all this week.

Sunday broke the record, then Monday beat it, and Tuesday almost beat it again.

The record is now 62.87 degrees, which doesn’t sound bad, but that’s the worldwide average. It’s winter in the southern hemisphere.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod