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January 3, 2022
January 3rd is the third day of the year. There are 362 days remaining until the end of the year..
Ontario students will not be returning to the classroom after the Winter Break today as planned.
Students are scheduled to head back on Wednesday.
During the two day delay, the province will be working to get N95 masks to teachers and HEPA (high-efficiency particulate absorbing) filters to classrooms all over the province, as Ontario faces a massive wave of Omicron variant cases.
On Sunday Ontario reported 16,714 new COVID cases. That number was over 18,000 on Saturday.
The last update from Chatham-Kent Public Health had 342 active cases, that number will rise with the latest update later this morning.
There is no change in garbage or recycling pickup this week.
With New Year’s Day falling on the weekend, pickups are as scheduled this week.
There are no curbside collection schedule changes over the holidays this year since the holidays are on the weekend. Transfer Stations and Leaf & Yard Depots are closed Saturday, January 1 but are open on Monday January 3. pic.twitter.com/hV12GCJzqi
— Municipality of Chatham-Kent (@MunicCK) December 29, 2021
Starting today Chatham-Kent residents can put their Christmas tree at the curb for pickup on their regular garbage and recycling day. The tree must be clear of any decorations.
The tree will count as a bag towards the limit, but for the next two weeks until Friday, January 14th, the bag limit will increase to four.
You can also recycle your tree for free by dropping it off at the municipal leaf and yard depot, or at any of the transfer stations in Camden, Dover, Harwich, and Wallaceburg, and at the public works yards in Bothwell, Ridgetown, and Tilbury.
Or better yet, leave your tree in your back yard for backyard wildlife to enjoy.
There’s a blood donor clinic tomorrrow in Dresden at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre from 2:30-7:30pm.
Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps. No walk-in appointments are available.
Betty White died on Friday, just a few weeks before she was going to turn 100.
White first appeared on screen in 1939 in a career that lasted more than 60 years. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Betty White as the female entertainer with the longest television career back in 2013.
The cause of White’s death hasn’t been revealed.
