November 1, 2024

November 1, 2024 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

November 1st is the 306th day of the year. There are 60 days remaining until the end of the year.

Chatham Goodfellows are back, for the 69th year, to make sure No Child Goes Without a Christmas.

They will begin accepting applications today from existing clients online at ChathamGoodfellows.ca. New client applications will open by phone next Monday, November 4th.

Last year, No Child Without A Christmas supported 1600 families with food and gift baskets. The organization raised over $228,000. The former Monsignor Uyen school will be used for packing and distribution again this year.

Some key dates for the 2024 campaign:

November 1 – Online Applications for those who have applied in previous years.
November 4 – First-time Applications: Must apply by phone. Applications close: Friday, November 29.
December 2 – Porchlight Campaign: Residents are asked to donate money, toys or food when a volunteer comes to their door, or reach out to the Goodfellows at 519-354-1146 to arrange pick up.
December 13-14 – Street Sales of Goodfellows Newspaper: Volunteers will fan out across Chatham to collect donations for copy of annual Goodfellows newspaper.
December 9-12: Toy Packing at former Monsignor Uyen school, 255 Lark St.
December 17 – Food packing and delivery takes place.

For more information on the annual campaign, go to ChathamGoodfellows.ca, or join the Chatham Goodfellows Facebook Page. You can donate by mailing a cheque to P.O. Box 114 Chatham, ON N7M 5K1 or by e-transfer to donate@chathamgoodfellows.ca and receive an automatic receipt.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent officially ended the emergency declaration for Wheatley that went into effect more than three years ago.

The emergency was declared after Hydrogen Sulfide gas was detected in downtown Wheatley in July 2021, and a massive explosion took place on Erie Street North the following month. The emergency was officially declared over yesterday by municipal officials after an uncovered well that was found in downtown Wheatley in late September was plugged.

Chatham-Kent Fire Chief Chris Case says it’ll take another six months of monitoring to confirm that the situation is stable and redevelopment can proceed.

Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend as we fall back an hour, officially at 2am Sunday morning.

Canadians have participated in sunshine-oriented time changes since 1918. The federal government introduced daylight saving time to increase production during the First World War, shifting an hour of sunlight from before breakfast to after dinner. The federally-regulated time change ended with the First World War but resumed during the second, when Canada returned to a year-round daylight saving time, along with the United States. Most countries changed their clocks during this period. Since then, governments at the provincial and municipal levels have regulated daylight time in their respective time zones.

The C-K Fire Department reminds us that we should use the end of daylight saving time to change the batteries in our smoke alarms.

On Wednesday Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena announced that they’ll be starting venue tours on November 12.

The tours will include the Maple Leafs and Raptors’ dressing rooms, back-of-house concert spaces and areas the normal fan would never get to see.

Tours begin at 9 am daily and go until 6 pm in hourly time slots. The cost for an adult ticket is $30, while children under 18 are $25.

Tickets can be booked up to three weeks before tour date at ScotiabankArena.com/Tours.
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