August 19, 2019
August 19th is the 231st day of the year. There are 134 days remaining until the end of the year.
Keil Drive South will be closed to through traffic between Richmond Street and Riverview Drive tomorrow through Friday for work on the railway tracks.
All of the lanes will be closed to traffic at the CP Railway crossing
The recommended detour for local traffic is Riverview Drive – Bloomfield Road – Richmond Street.
The Chatham-Kent Beach Bus is on the road again today today.
The Seasonal Interurban Transit Route or S1, as it’s officially known, will serves Chatham, Erieau and Mitchell’s Bay, with stops in Grande Point, Pain Court, Charing Cross and Blenheim.
The Beach Bus runs every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday between 9am-8pm.
Maps and schedules are available from local municipal centres or online. More info available here.
Jim Watson, the Mayor of Ottawa came out over the weekend.
In a piece he wrote in the Ottawa Citizen he said, “not coming out sooner was a big mistake on my part.”
Dear Ottawa residents and friends, I have some personal news I wish to share with you. I invite you to read my Op-Ed in today’s @OttawaCitizen: https://t.co/fJJevxBcOi#Pride
— Jim Watson (@JimWatsonOttawa) August 17, 2019
The Prime Minister of Denmark says Greenland is not for sale.
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he had discussed the possibility of the US purchasing the country.
“Greenland is not for sale. Greenland is not Danish. Greenland belongs to Greenland,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
The U.S. has previously tried to buy the country during the second World War.
Greenland to Trump: We’re not for sale. pic.twitter.com/xj3PSwQ8MH
— DW News (@dwnews) August 19, 2019
A temple in India did their annual Bagwal stone-pelting festival where two teams of men throw rocks at each other. Some have shields, but most don’t.
They do it to appease a goddess who wants them to “shed as much blood as possible” and they accomplished it. About 120 of the rock-throwers were injured at this year’s event.
