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December 6, 2021

By: Chris McLeod

6/12/2021

5 Things You Need To Know

December 6th is the 340th day of 2021. There are 25 days remaining until the end of the year.


There’s a blood donor clinic tomorrow at the Chatham-Kent YMCA from 1-7.

Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps. No walk-in appointments are available.


The mobile vaccination clinic will be at Blenheim District High School today from 3-8pm for 5 to 11 year olds, by appointment only.

As of this morning at 8am people 50 and over will be eligible to book their booster dose appointments.

Third doses should be booked six months after a second dose.

Appointments can be booked at GetYourShotCK.ca.


Ontario reported its highest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in more than six months Sunday, 1,184 new cases. It’s the third consecutive day the case count has topped 1,000.

Chatham-Kent Public Health doesn’t update on the weekends or holidays. On Friday, there were 15 new cases and six recoveries. The active case count locally is at 109. A weekend update will come between 10-11 this morning.


The Western Mustangs won the Vanier Cup on Saturday in Quebec City over the Saskatchewan Huskies.

Three Chatham-Kent players play for the Mustangs: third-year linebacker Zach Lindley, Morpeth’s Austin Fordham (Kenneth) Miller is a third-year defensive lineman and Cameron Creechan of Chatham is a first-year kicker.

The win gives Western takes its second Canadian University Football title in the past four seasons, and 8th in school history.


The LCBO is urging residents to stock up early this holiday season to prevent any supply chain-induced disappointments.

The LCBO says transportation issues and the “ongoing considerations of COVID-19” – including changes to consumer demand – have led to a booze shortage.

Imported products are more likely to be affected, including some champagnes, wines from New Zealand, Australia and South America, as well as tequila and scotch.

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