5 Things You Need To Know For October 13, 2026

October 13, 2026 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

_{October 13th is the 286th day of the year. There are 79 days remaining until the end of the year.}

Back to work and a flashback to summer temperatures today.

Rain this morning, then clearing with a high today of 26°C, but it’ll feel like 30°C with the humidex.

Remember: garbage and recycling will be delayed by one day this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Download Chatham-Kent’s handy Waste App “Recycle Coach” for reminders on your waste collection schedule. Download it here for Android and here for Apple.

It’s Household Hazardous Waste Day at Veolia Environmental, at 141 Prosperity Way from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Residents can safely dispose of household hazardous material at no charge. A list of acceptable material can found here.

The last household hazardous waste day of 2026 is Tuesday, November 10th.

Santa’s been busy booking his trip to Chatham-Kent for the holiday season, with Christmas parades just weeks away.

The festivities kick off in Wallaceburg on Saturday, November 21st, with the 57th annual Knights of Pythias parade at 6 p.m. Downtown Chatham and Tilbury follow November 27th, with the Blenheim and Wheatley parades December 5th. Ridgetown and Dresden are up next December 12th, before Thamesville wraps up the parade schedule on December 18th.

The biggest Lotto Max jackpot ever is on the line tonight.

The $85 million up for grabs is a new record after Friday night’s $80-million jackpot went unclaimed.

The game’s new jackpot cap is $90 million. There are additional million-dollar Maxmillions prizes available. Lotto Max draws are Tuesday and Friday nights.

The cell phone is celebrating it’s 43rd anniversary today.

The first commercial cellular phone call was made on October 13th, 1983, at Soldier Field in Chicago. Ameritech executive Bob Barnett used a Motorola DynaTAC to call the grandson of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who was in Germany.

The first commercially available model hit the market in 1984, with a price tag of nearly four thousand dollars. Today, roughly 96% of Canadians own a cellphone, making it an everyday essential for most of us.