January 29, 2025

January 29, 2025 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

January 29th is the 29th day of the year. There are 336 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham-Kent Farm Show begins today at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre.

Plenty of information, seminars and the latest cutting-edge agricultural products, equipment, technology and services all under one roof.

The show is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Admission to the show is $10 per person with free admission for age 16 and under.

Click here for a full list of exhibitors and to find out the schedule for the speaker series.

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Stop by tonight at 7 p.m. to see Freaky Friday.

Admission is $7 or flash your movie pass for entry. Check here for more info.

A provincial election has officially been set for February 27th.

The date was set Tuesday afternoon, when Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited the Lieutenant Governor and asked to dissolve the 43rd Parliament of Ontario and set an election date.

According to Ontario’s Election Act an election must be called on a Wednesday. Provincial elections in Ontario must always be held on the fifth Thursday after the writ drops. That will leave a campaign period of 28 days.

It’s prime time for campers to book their sites.

Ontario Parks allows campers to book sites (online at ontarioparks.com or by phone at 1-888-ONT-PARK) up to five months in advance, so now you can book trips for the first weekend of the summer break.

If you want to camp at popular parks like Algonquin, Bon Echo, Killbear, Pinery, and Sandbanks, you should reserve as early as possible.

Happy Chinese New Year. It’s the year of the Snake.

Known as Spring Festival in China, Lunar New Year is the most important time for families to get together, likened by some to Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years combined.

Every year, hundreds of millions of people who have left their hometowns to build a life in China’s fast growing cities pour into trains, buses and planes to see their family — a weeks-long travel rush known as the largest annual human migration on Earth. In China, people will get 7 days off from work.

A couple things you’re not supposed to do on Chinese New Year are: no sweeping or taking out the trash, because it’s like sweeping wealth away and dumping out good fortune. And washing your hair supposedly washes away your good luck too.

On the other hand, some things that are encouraged are: lighting fireworks, wearing red, gifting people cash in red envelopes, and eating dumplings.