September 10, 2024

By: Chris McLeod

10/9/2024

5 Things You Need To Know

September 10th is the 254th day of the year. There are 112 days remaining until the end of the year.


There’s a blood donor clinic at the St. Clair College Healthplex today from 1-8p.m.

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

If you’re unable to donate this week, the next clinic locally will also be at the Healthplex on September 21st.


The Chatham-Kent Public Library hosts Movies @ Your Library every Tuesday at the Chatham branch.

Book your spot today to see Every Day.

Movies start at 2pm.


U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump will meet face-to-face tonight in the ABC Presidential Debate.

This is the second debate of the election, and a lot has changed since the first back on June 27th.

  • July 13 – Trump surviving as assassination attempt
  • July 15 – Trump naming JD Vance as his running mate on
  • July 21 – President Joe Biden dropping out of the race
  • August 6 – Harris picking her VP running mate, Gov. Tim Walz
  • August 23 – Harris officially accepting her party’s nomination

The debate will begin at 9 p.m. from Philadelphia, moderated by ABC News.

If you’re a U.S. citizen living in Chatham-Kent make sure that you request your ballot and get your vote counted and into the election, go to VoteFromAbroad.org.

Americans will vote on Tuesday, November 5th. You can watch the debate live on ABC or CTV News Channel.


The Professional Women’s Hockey League unveiled the names for its six teams on Monday.

Toronto Sceptres
Montreal Victoire
Ottawa Charge
Minnesota Frost
Boston Fleet
New York Sirens

All 6 teams played without nicknames or logos during the inaugural season, with city names stitched across each club’s jerseys. Minnesota won the fist ever Walter Cup in late May. Full team jerseys will be released in late October or early November.


Apple unveiled four different style iPhones — iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max yesterday.

The new Pro models come with larger 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays, a new titanium color option, improved battery life, and a chip that is 20% faster. The iPhone 16 will start at $1,129 and the iPhone 16 Plus will start at $1,279. The iPhone 16 range will be available for preorder this Friday and will hit store shelves officially on Friday, September 20th. The updated iOS 18 software is available September 16th.

Features include upgraded cameras, a Camera Control button, four new mics, and 4K video recording. The new colour options are hot pink, seafoam green and bright blue.

Apple Intelligence, the company’s AI software, will be used to improve its personal assistant as well as enhancing features such as understanding and identifying objects captured by the phone camera.

Apple also unveiled new Watches and AirPods.

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