May 27, 2022

By: Chris McLeod

27/5/2022

5 Things You Need To Know

May 27th is the 147th day of the year. There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year.

RetroFest is back and kicks off tonight.

The Classic Car Cruise will start staging at 4:30pm at the John D. Bradley Centre on Richmond Street. The cars will take off at 6pm under the guidance of the Kent Historic Auto Club.

Saturday the classic cars on display downtown Chatham with entertainment in Tecumseh Park. The Ms. Retrofest Pageant, beverage tent, soapbox derby and vendors also happening downtown.

Click here for a full schedule or check out the Facebook Page.

The provincial election is Thursday, June 2nd.

Ontarians will hit the polls that day, unless you’re able to hit an Advanced Voting locations today or tomorrow.

Advanced polls are open from 10am to 8pm daily.

Advance voting locations in CK for Chatham-Kent-Leamington riding:

  • Holy Trinity Anglican Church – 81 Selkirk Street, Chatham – May 21-27
  • St. Mary’s Hall – 94 George Street, Blenheim – May 21-28
  • St. Paul’s Congregational Church – 450 Park Avenue West, Chatham – May 19-28
  • Tilbury Leisure Centre – 10 Canal Street West, Tilbury – May 21-28

Advance voting locations in CK for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex riding:

  • Hidden Hills Golf and Country Club – 25393 St. Clair Road, Dover Centre – May 19-28

The Sutherland Cup schedule is now official.

The Chatham Maroons will faceoff against the St. Catharines Falcons beginning tonight.

Game 2 will be at Memorial Arena on Sunday at 7:30, and if necessary Game 3 on Tuesday in St. Catharines.

Maroons GM/Head Coach Tyler Roeszler will join CKMORNINGS this morning at 8:40.

The Indy 500 is Sunday, it’s known as The Greatest Spectacle in Racing; 33 drivers, 200 laps, 500 miles (804+ KM) and 240,000 fans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The race is always held on Memorial Day weekend, a tradition that dates all the way back to 1911, except for a few years during World War I and II, it’s run every year since. Sunday will be the 106th running of the Indy 500.

Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon will start on the pole position. His average speed was 234mph (376.5 km/H)

It is a tradition for the winner to drink a pint of milk at the end of the race.

The 2022 Indy 500 is scheduled to start at 12:45pm on NBC. Pre-race coverage begins at 11am.

The fuel pump roller coaster continues.

After a 1 cent drop yesterday, gas goes back up a cent today for a provincial average of 197.9 cents per litre.

Every cent counts right now!

As per usual, the worst place to fuel up in Ontario will be Sudbury at 214.6 cents per litre, despite dropping by 2 cents today.

This morning in Chatham it’s 202.5, Wallaceburg 197, 203 in Blenheim and 199 in Tilbury.

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