5 Things You Need To Know For October 17, 2025

October 17th is the 290th day of the year. There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year.

Community Living Chatham-Kent is hosting the Harvest Hustle 5K Run & Wheel tomorrow at Mud Creek Park.

Registration begins at 9 a.m., with the Kids Dash starting at 10:30, the 5K at 10:55 and the Walk & Wheel at 11. There’s also a small vendor market on site.

You can register here.

Grab some skates and get the family out for some FREE Public Skating this weekend.

Friday, October 17th
Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Chatham Erickson Arena Public Skating, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 18th
Bothwell Arena Public Skating, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Blenheim Arena Public Skating, 7:30 – 9 p.m.

Sunday, October 19th
Memorial Arena, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Ridgetown Arena, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
Dresden Arena, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Thames Campus, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Tilbury Arena, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Wallaceburg Arena, 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Wheatley Arena, 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Click here for more information on the ice skating programs.

It’s quite literally a whole new ballgame in the American League Championship Series after the Toronto Blue Jays won again in Seattle last night.

The Jays evened the best-of-7 series 2-2 with an 8-2 win.

Game 5 is tonight. First pitch is at 6:03 p.m. on Sportsnet. Game 6 is back in Toronto on Sunday.

The Detroit Free Press Marathon is this weekend.

The race takes place on Sunday. The International Half and Marathon start at 7 and the U.S. Marathon starts at 10:30 a.m.

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel will be closed to traffic from 6:15 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. on Sunday.

The Ambassador Bridge will remain open to race runners and both commercial and passenger vehicles during the race. The bridge should be cleared of runners by 9:30 a.m.

26,000 runners will be participating.

Canadian Tire will be selling the iconic Hudson’s Bay point blankets and will continue a program started by HBC to donate proceeds to support Indigenous-led initiatives.

Earlier this year, Canadian Tire acquired the intellectual property of Hudson’s Bay for $30 million, including the iconic Hudson’s Bay stripes. The blankets were once used as currency to trade by early European settlers in Canada, but there is oral history that says they were used to spread smallpox intentionally to Indigenous communities in the 1700s and 1800s. The Blanket Fund was launched in 2022 in an effort for truth and reconciliation.

The company will expand the partnership with the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, and guarantee at least $1 million a year to support Oshki Wupoowane, The Blanket Fund.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod