5 Things You Need To Know For April 7, 2026

April 7, 2026 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

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Today is the first Household Hazardous Waste Day of the year.

Chatham-Kent residents can safely dispose of household hazardous material at no charge. A list of acceptable material can found here.

Hosted by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and Waste Connections of Canada Ridge Landfill.

The drop off is at Veolia Environmental, at 141 Prosperity Way from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

The next household hazardous waste day is Saturday, May 9th, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library hosts Movies @ Your Library every Tuesday at the Chatham branch.

Stop by today to see The Intern.

Movies start at 2 p.m.

The Artemis II mission made history yesterday with a record-breaking flyby of the Moon.

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his three crewmates became the farthest-flying humans in history. The crew travelled farther from Earth than any humans ever — pushing past the distance record set during Apollo 13. Hansen is the first non-American to fly beyond low Earth orbit.

NASA says the Orion spacecraft went more than 406,000 kilometres from Earth during the flyby. During the flyby, the astronauts, in teams of two, took turns looking out the window of their space capsule while photographing and taking notes of the moon.

At one point, the spacecraft passed behind the Moon, causing a 40-minute communications blackout — completely cut off as the lunar surface blocks signals.

The mission wraps up with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 10th.