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Another report is set to come back later this year on homeless encampments in Chatham-Kent and how the municipality could respond to them, we should get an update later today on a crash that closed the intersection of Queens Line and Merlin Road between Chatham and Tilbury last night, and there's a new deadline in talks to avoid a strike at border crossings.

 A 34-year-old man accused of murder will get a third psychiatric assessment before his case moves forward.  A Chatham-Kent woman is facing a handful of charges after she allegedly went into a business she was banned from and assaulted one of the employees.  The provincial government is attempting to make more space in Ontario's jails. Officers at the Blue Water Bridge report that they seized over $77K in undeclared U.S. currency during two separate incidents. Several protestors were arrested when they backed up traffic on the bridge leading to the Canadian Grand Prix.

Relief is on the way for Chatham's battered, backlogged court system, Chatham-Kent could have some clear, coordinated protocols for addressing homeless encampments after tonight, and two Wallaceburg men in their 30s are finding out the hard way that Chatham-Kent's police dog is a very good tracker.

Chatham-Kent Police respond to a break and enter call in Wallaceburg, while a walk for Type 1 Diabetes takes place in Chatham on Sunday, June 9. A World War II veteran marries his sweetheart and Dick Van Dyke becomes the older person to win a Daytime Emmy. 

Chatham-Kent is looking to update its tourism signs on the 401 and will need your help! Looking to add some excitement to your Saturday head to Timberfest in Bothwell. In national news, the strike by Canadian Border Services workers is on hold till Wednesday as talks continue, and businessman Frank Stronach has been charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults, and Tessa Virtue and Morgan Rielly have hit a snag decorating their Toronto heritage home. 

The Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres is welcoming a new family doctor to its team, 30-year-old Chatham-Kent man who was already on the registered sex offender registry is in more trouble with the law after police linked him to a stolen vehicle in Chatham, and long-time Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak's final episode will air tonight.

Damage is estimated at 100-thousand dollars after a vehicle went up in flames in a service bay at a Chatham business, Premier Doug Ford is shuffling his cabinet ahead of the summer break, and a new program is starting up in Chatham-Kent that allows patients in palliative care at the local Hospice to have one more end-of-life journey to make memories with their friends and family.

Chatham-Kent police Chief Gary Conn has announced his retirement. Two Chatham men are facing first-degree murder charges. A 28-year-old Chatham man is facing a pair of impaired driving charges after he allegedly drove a vehicle into a ditch near Tilbury and left the scene. There's still hope Canada's border won't be affected by job action heading into the summer. Timberfest returns to Bothwell tomorrow.  Dresden has officially let the dogs out with the opening of the new off-leash dog park.

A 28-year-old Chatham man is facing a pair of impaired driving charges after he allegedly drove a vehicle into a ditch near Tilbury and then left the scene in a second vehicle, chainsaw artists are getting some last-minute tuneups in ahead of Timberfest in Bothwell, and some murals that were set up around the towers at the new Gordie Howe International Bridge have been saved and moved to some new homes.

Two Chatham residents are facing drug and gun charges after police allegedly found some fentanyl and a loaded handgun during a stop on the 401 just east of London, a tragic tornado in the Detroit area during yesterday's storms, and two people have been arrested in connection with a home invasion in Leamington in February.