A Chatham business is looking at a $2K bill after it was broken into. A local utility-provider is powering up Habitat for Humanity in Chatham-Kent with a $20K donation. There's a new helpline available to help with the unique mental health challenges faced by Canadian farmers. Truckers say the tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump would wreak havoc on their industry. Canada will be the first country in the world to try to keep kids safer by mandating technology in school buses.  A new study shows deaths related to alcohol rose 18 per cent during the pandemic.

Now that Canada has a 30-day reprieve from US tariffs, the focus is on China, there's a new helpline available for Canadian farmers, and agriculture businesses across Southwestern Ontario say just the threat of US tariffs is costing them.

A last-minute deal means tariffs and retaliatory tariffs have been put on hold, Ontario is also pausing retaliatory measures, and the  Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce is still reminding people it’s more important than ever to shop local.

Sweeping U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods will be delayed for at least a month. A look at where Ontario's political leaders were on Monday. CKHA officials are encouraging those who have a family doctor to leave the Seasonal Care Clinic for those who don't. The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance has replaced some old, end-of-life equipment with two new Electrocardiogram stress testing systems. The municipalities of Chatham-Kent and Lakeshore are getting over $17M from the federal government to help create hundreds of new homes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about the trade war this morning, Mexico's president says she has come to an agreement with Trump for a one-month pause in tariffs, and some good news this morning if you have been missing Tim Horton's roll up the rim cups.

Morning News for Monday, February 3, 2025

Nearly $24K worth of illegal drugs have been taken off of Chatham streets. The Chilled Cork will be replaced by a new restaurant called Suite 46 on March 1. February marks the end of the annual industry-wide price freeze by grocers. Reportedly, only half of the Ford government's $200 rebate cheques have been mailed out. Candidates for the Leadership of the federal Liberal Party continue to lay out their economic plans. Tim Hortons' Special Olympics Donut is back.

Change is coming to the downtown Chatham dining scene. February marks the end of the annual industry-wide price freeze by grocers. No human remains were found at a construction site in Kingsville. Ontario's political leaders have started to define their pitches to voters. Canada's Health Minister is calling on the New Democrats to hold off on a federal election so bilateral pharmacare deals can be put into place. The black boxes from the plane that crashed with a military helicopter in Washington have been recovered.