CK News Today

You can expect to see a lot of rain starting late tonight or early tomorrow, one person was taken to the hospital after two crashes on the 401 in Essex County yesterday evening, and the federal government is simplifying the process for dental care providers who sign up with the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

Chatham-Kent could see remnants from Hurricane Beryl as early as tomorrow night. Home sales were down in Chatham-Kent last month -- but area realtors believe the market is improving. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is offering a workaround in response to the LCBO Strike. Walmart Canada has launched sensory-friendly shopping. The Lambton Kent District School Board is celebrating this year's top student athletes.

Chatham-Kent realtors are trying to look on the bright side as home sales dipped a bit again locally last month, Chatham-Kent police are asking for help to track down an arson suspect from a case that goes back to February of last year, and there's still no word on any progress in talks between the LCBO and the union that's representing its workers.

Chatham-Kent police are investigating a brawl in downtown Chatham over the weekend that sent a man in his 20s to the hospital, Essex County OPP have released an update in the case where four family members were found dead in a home in Harrow, and most of the action in the ongoing LCBO strike over the weekend took place on the picket line.

Police are asking for help in locating a group of men who attack another, while break and enters continue to happen around Chatham-Kent. And an update on Beryl making its way to Texas.

Day two of the LCBO strike and workers are planning to rally downtown Toronto, while unemployment for youth and students is up from previous years. Ridgetown's Chris von Martels was named as an alternate for Team Canada's Olympic Dressage Team, him and his horse Eclips will be headed to Paris. 

Chatham-Kent police are reporting another drug bust at a business in Downtown Chatham that is openly selling "magic mushrooms", a 60-year-old Chatham-Kent man is facing a handful of charges after he allegedly pulled a knife on someone in Chatham's East End, and we're into day one of the first LCBO strike in Ontario's history.

If you didn't stock up the liquor cabinet yesterday, you may have to wait a few days for home delivery now, there's another option available in Chatham now for people who don't have a family doctor, and redevelopment plans at the hospital in Wallaceburg are getting a nice boost from a local volunteer group.

Get ready to see some long lineups if you're heading to an LCBO store today, a tree farm in Kent Bridge is hoping to make some bright, happy memories while raising some money for the local Alzheimer Society, and a four-year-old child is in critical condition in the hospital after being found in a backyard pool in Sarnia.

Chatham Ribfest organizers are getting some last-minute preparations in place ahead of a busy weekend in Tecumseh Park, an environmental assessment is complete for a plan to move a section of Talbot Trail further away from Lake Erie, and OPP have tallied up the charges they laid over their Canada Day week campaign and it looks like drivers still aren't getting the message.