March 11, 2025

March 11th is the 70th day of the year. There are 295 days remaining until the end of the year.

Couple things going on this week for March Break.

CKRecreation is offering some free swim sessions today in Wallaceburg and Blenheim.

At the Blenheim Gable Rees Rotary Pool there’s a free swim on today, from 10:30-noon and 2:30-4 p.m.

At the Wallaceburg Sydenham Pool there’s a free swim today 2:30-4 p.m.

The municipality is offering free public skating at local arenas: today in Dresden at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre 11:30-1 p.m. and at Chatham’s William Erickson Arena 1:30-3 p.m.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library is busy with March Break programming this week.

All branches are hosting drop-in activities daily.

Check out the Program Calendar at CKPL.ca for more info.

The Wendy’s Frosty is getting a makeover.

For years you could only get two flavours: Chocolate or vanilla. Now Wendy’s will offer Frosty Swirls and Frosty Fusions. No word on when they will be rolled out.

In recent years, they have experimented with seasonal flavours, like pumpkin spice and peppermint, but those temporarily replaced vanilla.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Takeover Tour will be in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday. The New York Sirens and Minnesota Frost face off.

There are still some tickets available, although they are expected to sell out. Tickets can be bought here, starting at $26. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.

The teams will practice on Saturday and it will be open to the public.

Five years ago today, on this date in 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

Shortly after schools, businesses and borders closed. Sports leagues shut down and we all learned how to use Zoom. We learned a bunch of new terms, like PPE, social distancing, essential workers, flatten the curve, shelter in place and N95.

The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The World Health Organization finally declared COVID was no longer a “global health emergency” three years later on May 5th, 2023. According to their official stats, over 7 million people died worldwide, including over 55,000 in the Canada.

COVID is still around today, but most experts consider it to be “endemic” now. Meaning, it circulates but it’s much more predictable.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod