January 12, 2023
January 12th is the 12th day of the year. There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year.
Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement with significant rainfall expected today.
Rain heavy at times beginning Thursday afternoon then changing to snow near midnight Thursday night. Amounts of 15-30 mm are possible. Partially frozen ground may have a reduced ability to absorb this rainfall.
A Fog Advisory has also been issued for the region this morning. Dense fog will reduce visibilty until about mid morning.
Team Canada defeated Team USA 3-1 at the International Ice Hockey Federation under-18 women’s world championship in Sweden.
Blenheim’s Abby Stonehouse is playing for Canada.
Canada finish undefeated in preliminary play, and they will receive a bye to the semifinals on Saturday.
The medal games are on Sunday.
All Team Canada games are on TSN.
GAME OVER! Perfect in prelims!
📊 https://t.co/icX1896CWq #U18WomensWorlds pic.twitter.com/PRrli6mtQN
— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) January 11, 2023
The 2023 municipal budget was presented last night with a recommended 6.35% increase for tax payers.
You can have a look at it here.
Public consultations will begin next week (January 18 from noon-1pm and January 19 from 7-8pm) on the Municipality’s Facebook page.
Budget committee deliberation meetings will be in council chambers at the Civic Centre on January 25, 26 and 31 from 6-10pm. February 1 and 2 have also been set aside if needed.
All budget meetings will be live-streamed.
Gas prices are expected to go up to 142.9 cents per litre across the province today.
That’s after yesterdays 1 cent per litre increase. Experts are predicting prices will rise 10 cents per litre from where they were at the beginning of the month.
Locally, as of 5:30am: Chatham is at 140.3, Wallaceburg 138.3, Blenheim 142.9 and Tilbury at 135.6.
With the way prices are going, the Zellers motto “Where the lowest price is the law” sounds pretty good right about now.
Hudson’s Bay Co. announced the comeback of Zellers last summer promising online shopping and a nationwide network of brick-and-mortar Zellers stores at Hudson Bay locations.
At its peak in the late 90’s, there were about 350 Zellers stores across the country. So far, no specific location details have been revealed yet, but Zellers has recently began teasing an early 2023 return with a series of social media posts with vague hints like “Coming Soon” and “We’re Stocking Up.”
