5 Things You Need To Know For September 3, 2026

September 3, 2026 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

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It’s the finale of the Summer Concert Series in Dresden and Blenheim tonight.

The Dresden Rotary Club has Southern Moon Revival Classic Vibe on stage at 6 p.m. to wrap up the season.

In Blenheim, the Talbot Trail Summer Concert Series Talbot Trail Place closes with Big Shiny Toons.

The show begins at 7.

The 172nd Harrow Fair opens today.

The four-day event features a wide range of activities including a horse show, a parade, the midway, lawn tractor races, live entertainment, and much more.

Admission to the Fair is $12 for adults, and children 12 and under are free to enter. More information and a schedule of the Harrow Fair events can be found by clicking here.

Canadian Tire and Tim Hortons are teaming up.

Customers who link their Triangle Rewards and Tims Rewards accounts can earn both Tims points and between 2-5% back in Canadian Tire Money on eligible Tim Hortons purchases. The amount depends on what you buy and how you pay.

Between them, the two companies have about 20 million loyalty members across Canada.

Apple Maps is officially getting in on the Lake America controversy — but only for people using Maps in the U.S.

Apple has changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users, following President Donald Trump’s executive order. Canadian users will still see Lake Ontario.

Meanwhile, MapQuest is taking the opposite approach — keeping the name Lake Ontario. That decision has sent the long-forgotten mapping app to the top of Apple’s App Store charts.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac released its October weather forecast this week.

The Almanac is calling for near-normal temperatures across the region, but precipitation could be above normal — meaning we could see more rainy days than we typically get in October.

For Chatham-Kent, that could mean a wetter Thanksgiving weekend and a quicker transition from those warm fall days to jackets, umbrellas and cooler weather as the month rolls along.