December 3, 2019

December 3rd is the 337th day of the year. There are 28 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham Goodfellows 65th annual Porchlight Campaign was last night raising just about $44,000 in cash and boxes of food and toys for the holiday season.

Toy Packing begins next Monday from 6-8pm at 70 Leeson Drive Chatham, behind Honda House. Volunteers are needed.

Today is Santa’s Day Off. CKMORNINGS will kick off the day at The Real Canadian Superstore for our annual toy drive for the Goodfellows. Donate an unwrapped toy and receive a ballot for a chance to win a VISA CARD from Chatham Chrysler and tickets to see A Magical Cirque Christmas at Caesars Windsor!

For more info check out ChathamGoodfellows.ca.

  The Tuesday Movie @ Your Library is Blinded by the Light at 2.

Stop by the Chatham Branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library every week for the Tuesday Movie @ Your Library.

Everyone is welcome for a suggested donation of $2 at the door.

Today is Giving Tuesday, a movement to create an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season after the commercialization of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

The website Mashable championed the first Giving Tuesday in 2012, many more companies have jumped on in the years since.

On Giving Tuesday, restaurants across Chatham-Kent will be donating 25% of their daily pre-tax food sales in support of United Way.

Paint the Town Red and grab a bit to eat at the following restaurants and give back:

Chatham:
Mike’s Place: 541 Queen Street
Casa Bella Restaurant: 425 Riverview Drive
Boston Pizza: 780 St. Clair Street
Mamma Maria’s Ristorante: 231 King Street West
USB Ultimate Sports Bar: 304 St. Clair Street
Subway: 447 St. Clair Street
Subway: 75 Keil Drive South
Subway: 80 Grand Ave West

Pain Court:
Central Tavern: 24121 Winterline Road

Ridgetown:
Station 11

Wallaceburg:
The Black Goose Grill: 525 James Street
James Street Eaterry: 504 James Street
Subway: 30 McNaughton Ave

Dresden:
Subway: 438 St. George Street

Blenheim:
Home Run Restaurant: 202 Chatham Street South

Erieau:
Molly & Oj’s: 875 Mariners Road
Bayside Brewery: 970 Ross Lane

In parts of Australia on Sunday they rolled out “high definition detection cameras” designed to catch drivers using cell phones behind the wheel.

The cameras will use artificial intelligence to review images and detect illegal use of cell phones. Images identified as being likely to contain a driver illegally using a call phone will then be verified by authorized personnel. Over the next three years, 45 portable cameras will be set up across the state, in unknown locations, and without warning signs.

For the first three months, drivers caught by the technology will receive a warning letter, after offenders will face a fine of up $457 in a school zone, and penalty points on their drivers license.

Australia is using a new AI-based camera system specifically designed to spot mobile phones in cars https://t.co/fkSXtgfvQ1

— Roadshow (@roadshow) December 2, 2019

Lil Bub the cat passed away on Sunday at the age of eight. According to her owner, she’d been fighting a bone infection, but her passing was unexpected.

The first two years of a cat’s life are roughly equal to the first 25 of a human’s and after that, each additional year is around four “cat years.” So, she was maybe around 49 in cat years.

Lil Bub went viral in 2012 because of her unique look, which was partially because she suffered from feline dwarfism.

She also had bulging eyes and a tongue that always stuck out. Lil Bub had about three million followers on Facebook, and 2.4 million followers on Instagram.

Back in May, Grumpy Cat died.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod