CK News Today

A big shakeup in Canada's federal politics today, Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers is looking for tips after a break-in at a Chatham restaruant's storage container, and the size of Chatham-Kent council could shrink significantly in the next municipal election depending on what the current council decides tonight.

Canada Post employees have been ordered to go back to work starting tomorrow, another good show of support for the Goodfellows during a fundraiser they held over the weekend, and Chatham-Kent police are looking for tips from the public after a robbery in Wheatley over the weekend.

Grand Ave E is closed at the railroad tracks near Highway 40 for emergency railway repairs.  After nearly a month on the picket lines, striking Canada Post employees could soon be forced back to work. When the Canada Post strike is over the crown corporation may find it gets less business from small businesses. Negotiations ended between Unifor and Clear Medical Imaging on Friday when the company walked away from the table. The union that represents Ontario's public colleges is warning that faculty could be on strike in the new year. The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers have released their schedule for 2025.

After nearly a month on the picket lines striking Canada Post employees could soon be forced back to work, the union that represents Ontario's public colleges is warning that faculty could be on strike in the new year, and the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers have released their 2025 season schedule.

Ursuline College Chatham is getting ready to host some special guests next week to show off the school's skilled trades program, elected officials are on notice after the province introduced legislation with a code of conduct, and we could find out next week what the federal government has planned to secure our border.

Chatham-Kent Council is set to choose one of three ward boundary and Council composition options during Monday's meeting. Elgin County OPP say officers confiscated 345 kgs of dried cannabis and more than 6,000 pot plants from an address on Talbot Line. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has withdrawn a complaint against Canada Post after the Crown Corporation backed down on laying off workers during the strike. Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to restrict US access to the province's energy and critical minerals if President-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with threatened 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods. The 20th annual Holiday Jam for Hunger will take place at the Sons of Kent Brewery on December 28. Registration is now open for the 2025 Chatham-Kent Polar Plunge.

Chatham-Kent Council is set to choose one of three ward boundary and Council composition options at its meeting Monday night, the provincial government is introducing some new legislature to end homeless encampments, and the Christmas Wish tree at the hospital in Chatham will be lit up tonight at a special ceremony.

Snow-covered roads and some slick conditions in some areas of Chatham-Kent this morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is issuing a counter-threat to the U.S. if President-Elect Donald Trump follows through with putting tariffs in place on Canadian imports, and as the Canada Post strike drags on, the federal Labour Minister says he still has no plans to intervene.