Be prepared to see some whiteout conditions and blowing snow if you're heading anywhere north and east of Chatham-Kent. Ontario's political leaders kicked off their campaigns for the February 27 election on Wednesday. A long-time municipal councillor plans to run for mayor during CK's next election. A Brampton man has been charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a Chatham-Kent police officer. The Bank of Canada lowered its interest rate to 3 per cent on Wednesday. Honda Canada has recalled roughly 17K vehicles because of a software glitch.

You may run into some whiteout conditions if you head north and east of Chatham-Kent today, a current municipal councillor for Chatham-Kent is throwing his hat into the ring to become the municipality’s next mayor, and Ontario party leaders kicked off their campaigns for the February 27 provincial election this morning.

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Ontario voters will officially head to the polls on February 27. The municipality doesn't believe the provincial funds provided to help clear out local homeless encampments will be enough. Fewer people are lighting up cigarettes in Chatham-Kent. The victim of a fatal car crash is being remembered for all the smiles he put on people's faces in his short life. Ontario has raised annual funding for the Agri-Food sector's Risk Management Program to $250M. Peavey Mart has confirmed that it will be shutting down all of its locations across the country.

The money that Chatham-Kent is getting from the province to clear out homeless encampments probably won't be enough to solve the problem locally, the Canadian Union of Public Employees says Ontario’s school boards are in severe crisis, and Premier Doug Ford is set to dissolve provincial parliament today and trigger an election.

A proposed condo project in Chatham is receiving some public backlash, Chatham-Kent is getting another $12-million to further support the ongoing recovery efforts from the Wheatley explosion in 2021, and a Sarnia city councillor has been banned from city hall except in limited circumstances.

Another blast of wintry weather is on the way tonight, the Ontario Government has started sending out millions of dollars to municipalities across the province to help them remove encampments from public spaces, and the Ford government's push to fast-track alcohol into convenience stores in Ontario will end up costing taxpayers more than $600-million.

You may want to secure any loose objects lying around your yard today, South Buxton residents could be getting curbside garbage pickup next month, and the Salvation Army has expressed concern over the potential of tariffs on Canadian goods by the U.S. government.

Eight high-profile members of the Chatham-Kent community received a King Charles III Medal for their commitment to the community and South Buxton residents wait for approval for curbside garbage pickup. These stories and more are in your noon news on the go.

There will be an early provincial election on February 27. Chatham-Kent police have taken an estimated $16K worth of drugs off of the streets. CK police are crediting local CCTV cameras with helping them wrap up multiple investigations. Ford is recalling more than 272,000 Broncos and Mavericks because of a power problem. At least 45 firearms have been stolen from the RCMP since 2014. The federal government's GST holiday has increased restaurant booking, but some owners say the hassle isn't worth it.