CK News Today

It's National Drowning Prevention Week, no one was seriously hurt in a multi-vehicle crash in Lakeshore, and voting starts today for tens of thousands of Canada Post workers who haven't had a contract for a year and a half.

Five Chatham-Kent residents are facing drug-related charges after police found fentanyl and cocaine while executing a pair of search warrants, a 40-year-old Chatham man accused of hitting a woman in the face during an alcohol-fueled argument overnight is already back on the street, and another cherry pit spitting title is up for grabs in Blenheim this weekend.

Most of the beaches in Chatham-Kent are getting the all-clear from local public health officials, Ontario could be changing its funding for colleges and universities in the spring, and VIA rail workers have a new contract in place now.

A familiar face in Chatham-Kent is joining the team at the local hospital's Emergency Department, Blenheim's 42nd annual Cherry-fest is underway, and you won't have to pay to get into Ontario Parks tomorrow.

CK police say concerns about a new encampment in Chatham should not automatically be considered an emergency, Chatham-Kent police have charged two women after an argument at a local home took a violent turn, and a section of Kent Bridge Road will be closed off for several days.

The Orville Wright pool in Chatham should open again this afternoon, the province's controversial Bill 5 is facing a lawsuit, and Chatham-Kent is cashing out more from the OLG this year than it did at the same time last year.