CK News Today

The Chatham-Kent Police Service has launched an online survey to gather feedback on policing priorities and strategies. CK Police has also launched a new online tool to make reporting non-emergency crimes faster and easier. The U.S. Commerce Secretary says it's America First, Canada second, when it comes to the auto sector. And the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees to book their spot in the American League Championship Series. 

Firefighters from across Chatham-Kent will be out all month for CHiRP Day in CK. A 46-year-old woman is facing an assault charge after an argument got out of hand. The Sisters Strain are shining a light on Chatham-Kent's housing and homelessness crisis. The union representing striking Canada Post employees plans to meet with Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound to ask for a rollback of recent changes. Prime Minister Mark Carney has reportedly pitched the revival of the Keystone XL pipeline in exchange for American support of Canadian steel and aluminum.

There is a frost advisory in effect for the area. The housing and homelessness crisis in Chatham-Kent will be in the spotlight thanks to a new film. Three companies are reportedly interested in buying the Diageo bottling plant in Amherstburg. Canada's Prime Minister is on his way home from Washington with no new deals. The union representing striking Canada Post employees plans to meet with Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound following his announcement about impending changes to the Crown corporation. Let us know if you plan to spend less this Christmas in our daily poll.

The bid for the Chatham-Kent Community Hub project came in nearly $4 million under budget, but some councillors still aren’t on board. 'Fresh Meat', a horror film shot at the old Chatham jail, will premiere at the Chatham Capitol Theatre on November 1st. The Toronto Blue Jays were unable to sweep the Yankees in the A.L.D.S. as they lost 9-6 to New York.

The bid for the proposed Chatham-Kent Community Hub project has come in $4 million under budget. Chatham-Kent council voted down two motions that would have allowed roughly 30 wind turbines to be built near Ridgetown. The U.S. government announced that it will impose a duty on large trucks manufactured outside the country, including those made in Canada.

A fallen piece of furniture is being blamed for a fatal collision in Chatham-Kent. CK police have arrested a 28-year-old man after a pregnant woman was injured in Wallaceburg. In a break from tradition, Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government now plans to table the federal budget in the fall instead of spring. The day before his sit-down with U.S. President Donald Trump, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre had some scathing words for Canada's Prime Minister. Nobel Prize week has opened with the announcement of shared winners for the prize in medicine.

Chatham-Kent councillors will contemplate some long-term energy investments during Monday's meeting. MPs will be looking for answers today, as Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to appear at a parliamentary committee about Canada's budget. Let us know if you think Mark Carney will come back from Washington with a tariff-ending deal. A Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers' Leadership Summit in Quebec City is wrapping up. Ontario and Ottawa have signed a bilateral agreement to improve French instruction from preschool to post-secondary school. France's new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, has resigned after less than a month on the job.