CK News Today

Chatham-Kent councillor Rhonda Jubenville has won her pay suspension appeal against the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. A 50-year-old Chatham man is facing charges following a collision involving an SUV and a mobility scooter. A pair of fires kept local firefighters busy over the last day. Tim Hortons restaurants in Chatham-Kent brought in $74K during Camp Day. The Ford government has agreed to pay a fee to cancel its contract with Starlink.

Noon News for Wednesday, July 30, 2025

The source of some recent gas leaks in downtown Wheatley could be capped soon, a week-long event that encourages residents to identify and record their local plants and animals is underway, and a local teen is bringing a silver medal back to Chatham-Kent from the U18 Women’s Tackle National Championship.

CK police have received more than 140 calls in two weeks about the newest encampment in Chatham. Anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers are paying off, and paying out, through the first half of the year in Chatham-Kent. A Leamington-area First Nation is investing in the new Chatham-to-Lakeshore Transmission Line.  In the sixth round of skills development funding, the province has released 260-million dollars of funding to train workers. Manufacturing and supply chain issues have caused a painkiller shortage in Canada.

Anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers are paying off and paying out through the first half of the year in Chatham-Kent, a Leamington-area First Nation is investing in the new Chatham-to-Lakeshore Transmission Line, and the Bank of Canada has a rate announcement tomorrow morning.

Morning News for Tuesday, July 29, 2025

An extended heat warning is still in effect for Chatham-Kent.  Chatham-Kent police say there's no threat to public safety after a bomb threat was made in Wallaceburg on Monday morning. Three new resident doctors have joined Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Swimmers are being warned away from the Willow Beach area on Walpole Island because of high E. coli counts. A new episode of the 519 Podcast shines the light on the disappearance of Derek Ritz. U.S. politics threaten to complicate the co-hosting of 2026 World Cup.

We are under a heat warning today from Environment Canada and the local public health unit, three new Family Medicine resident doctors are getting some post-graduate training at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, and a former White House official is urging Canada not to accept just any deal with the United States.

There's a special municipal council meeting tonight to talk about encampments, a man accused of deliberately setting fire at a large housing complex in Chatham will be heading to trial in the new year, and the US and the European Union have a trade deal.