November 14, 2024

November 14th is the 319th day of the year. There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Salvation Army Kettle Campaign begins today in Chatham.

The kettles will be out across the city this morning. Again this year there will be debit/credit machines available for donations. The goal for 2024 is $550,000 that will support local community initiatives.

Volunteers are desperately needed. Contact 519-809-8375 or email chathamkent.info@salvationarmy.ca to volunteer your time.
Check out the website for more info.

Kettles begin in Wallaceburg next week.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is hosting two public Ward Boundary reviews, the first is tonight.

You are welcome to join either meeting in-person or virtually, tonight at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre beginning at 6 p.m. There’s another session on Monday, November 25th.

The meetings will be live streamed on the municipal Facebook Page and YouTube channels.

Options include dropping the number of members of council from the current 18 to 15, and possibly even lower to 13, including a mayor. Different variations could see the number of wards increased from six to as many as 14.

A final report will return to council on December 16.

Click here for more information.

Tomorrow is a PA Day for most students in Chatham-Kent.

CKRecreation is offering some free swim time to keep busy:

• Gable Rees Rotary Pool from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
• Wallaceburg Sydenham Pool from 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.

England’s King Charles III turns 76 years old today.

With the job of King, comes a pretty sweet perk; His Majesty gets to celebrate his birthday not just once, but twice a year.

Since the 18th century, Kings and Queens get to double up their festivities with both a private event on the real date, and a public celebration. The reason why, is simple, no-one wants the rain to ruin their parade, so ever since the 1740s, monarchs have scheduled their public parties for the summer.

The tradition is believed to have started with the party-mad King George II in 1748.

Scientists say the North American bird population has drastically dropped since 1970.

An alarming new study reveals that the population of North American birds has dropped nearly 30% since 1970. That’s almost three billion birds gone. Vanished from our forests, grasslands, and backyards, in less than the span of a human lifetime.

Scientists point to cats and window collisions playing a role in their deaths. Data shows up to one billion birds die each year after hitting windows. Cats are estimated to kill more than 2.4 billion birds annually in the U.S. and Canada.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod