October 14, 2022

By: Chris McLeod

14/10/2022

5 Things You Need To Know

October 14th is the 287th day of the year. There are 78 days remaining until the end of the year.

C-K Crowfest continues today and tomorrow.

King St. will be closed this afternoon to set up for Chatham’s first Night Market beginning at 3pm. Buskers will perform 5-8:30.

More buskers, entertainment and vendors downtown on Saturday. Crow Your Boat takes place on the Thames beginning at 5.

Click here for a full schedule.

The Service Ontario offices in Chatham and Dresden will be open to walk-in customers once again next week.

During the pandemic, customers could only access those provincial offices for service by appointment only because of high demand and long wait times, but that will change on Monday.

Offices will continue to offer appointments for customer convenience. Appointments can be booked by calling 311 (locally) or 519-360-1998 or by emailing [email protected].

Visit the Service Ontario website for up-to-date office hours.

Advanced polls are open for the upcoming Municipal and School Board Election today and tomorrow.

Polls are open from 9-4 at these locations:

  • Tilbury & District Memorial Arena (49 Bond Avenue, Tilbury)
  • Blenheim St. Mary’s Hall (94 George Street, Blenheim)
  • Ridgetown Youth Centre (26 Ebenezer Street West, Ridgetown)
  • Dresden Ken Houston Memorial Arena (1212 North Street, Dresden)
  • Wallaceburg First Baptist Church (99 Thomas Avenue, Wallaceburg)
  • Chatham-Kent John D Bradley Centre (565 Richmond Street, Chatham)

During Advance Polling days, watch for the Vote Van! Ballots from all Wards will be available at each location.

Friday, October 14:

  • Bothwell Arena Parking Lot 10-12:00pm
  • Mitchell’s Bay Park Pavilion 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Saturday, October 15:

  • Real Canadian Superstore Parking Lot 9:30-11:30am
  • Cultural Centre Parking Lot 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Online voting is still available until Sunday, October 16th. Click here to vote online.

Municipal Election Day is Monday October 24th in Ontario.

The CP Holiday Train is coming back to Chatham this holiday season!

It will stop at the John D. Bradley Centre on December 1st at 2:30.

Lindsay Ell & Texas Hill will be performing between 2:45 and 3:15.

The event is free but CP encourages people to bring food donations to help address hunger in their communities. Local food banks will be accepting donations at each stop to ensure those less fortunate have enough healthy food this holiday season.

If you’re willing to sit through commercials, a cheaper option is coming on Netflix.

The new ad-supported streaming will launch on November 1st for $5.99 per month. Ad-free plans start at $9.99 and go as high as $20.99 a month.

For the lower fee, subscribers will see an average of four to five minutes of ads per hour placed before and during TV shows and films. Pricing for its existing plans will not be affected by the introduction of the ad tier.

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