A photo of Earth taken from Artemis II's Orion capsule. / Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

5 Things You Need To Know For April 6, 2026

April 6, 2026 4:50 am Published by Chris McLeod

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Today is Easter Monday. There are some stores and offices that will observe today as a holiday.

All federal, provincial, and municipal offices will be closed. There will also be no Canada Post delivery. All branches of the Chatham-Kent Public Library will be closed.

CK Transit is running today.

There is no change with garbage or recycling this week.

Another up and down week for weather.

According to Environment Canada, Easter Monday will bring highs of 7C with the chance for some flurries and showers

We’ll dip down to 2C on Tuesday with some sunshine on and off before peaking at 20C on Thursday with the chance of rain.

On the brightside, Monday marks the first time the sun will set after 8 pm in Chatham-Kent!

The Chatham Maroons season is over.

The defending Greater Ontario Hockey League champions fell 5-1 to the Stratford Warriors in Game 5 of the Western Conference

Meanwhile, the Windsor Spitfires are moving on to the second-round of OHL playoffs.

The Spits will take on the Flint Firebirds in the second round matchup.

The schedule is as follows:

Game 1 – Friday, April 10 | 7:05 PM – WFCU Centre
Game 2 – Sunday, April 12 | 4:05 PM – WFCU Centre

Game 3 – Tuesday, April 14 | 7:00 PM – Flint
Game 4 – Thursday, April 16 | 7:00 PM – Flint

Game 5* – Saturday, April 18 | 7:05 PM – WFCU Centre
Game 6* – Sunday, April 19 | 4:00 PM – Flint
Game 7* – Tuesday, April 21 | 7:05 PM – WFCU Centre

*if necessary

Hello, Earth!

Nasa has released some stunning photos of our planet taken by the Artemis II crew as they made their way toward the Moon this weekend.

The gallery includes the first whole photo of Earth taken by humans since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1. If all goes as planned, the crew will make its historical lunar fly-by and reach the far side of the moon on Monday. For about six hours, they will take photos and video of the moon’s far side and make observations. Nasa will be live streaming it.

The crew is set to return and splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday.