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Hospitals in Chatham-Kent, Windsor, and Sarnia-Lambton say they're continuing to "work around the clock" to restore systems following a cybersecurity hack earlier this week. This Halloween, more than 200 high school students will be canvassing Chatham, Blenheim, Tilbury, and Ridgetown for canned food donations for Outreach for Hunger. Users of cannabis-infused baked goods and candies are urged to use caution this Halloween. Ontario is planning to expand the list of drugs that midwives can prescribe and administer

CK high school students will be collecting canned goods this Halloween. Some edibles such as those resembling Cheetos, Oreos, Skittles, or Sour Patch Kids can be hard for kids to distinguish and could put them at risk if ingested. Ontario is investing $5M dollars into the new Community Emergency Preparedness Grant program. A Chatham resident is one step closer to collecting her Lotto 6-49 winnings.

Hospitals from across southwestern Ontario are providing an update on the cyber attack that hit their systems earlier this week, the damage is estimated at $250,000 after a house fire on Golf Course Line just east of Ridgetown, and the Blenheim Blades will be in Lakeshore tonight for what will be an emotional game.

The roundabout between Chatham and Tilbury could clear another hurdle if an engineering contract is approved by Council Monday evening, another hospital has been hit by a cyber attack... Michael Gammon Hospital in Toronto, and an arbitrator will settle any outstanding issues between the union that represents public high school teachers and the province.

Visitors are being asked to stay away from the hospitals in Chatham-Kent right now as there's a partial lockdown in place at the hospital in Wallaceburg, a 33-year-old man is facing an impaired driving charge after a single-vehicle crash on Talbot Trail near Blenheim, and the new plan for the Downtown Chatham Centre is starting to gain some momentum.

Morning News for Thursday, October 26, 2023

A 41-year-old Chatham man is facing a weapons charge after someone called him in for carrying around what they thought was a gun near downtown Chatham, the Bank of Canada's key lending rate is holding steady, and the fundraising totals are in from the sixth annual Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation Gala.

The new Catholic school that's under construction in south Chatham will be named after St. Teresa of Calcutta, testimony from the man accused of running down a Muslim family in London has wrapped up, and we'll find out later today whether the Bank of Canada will make any moves with its key interest rate.