Chatham-Kent's municipal budget talks are kicking off with a proposed increase of 4.74 per cent, A pair of Chatham-Kent police officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing after a man who was arrested back in September later died, and Ontario won't be following Quebec's lead with a special tax for people who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19.

Evening News for Wednesday, January 12, 2022

There's a little more room in the intensive care unit at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance again today, the health unit in Windsor-Essex is putting a temporary halt on temporary foreign workers coming in, and home sales records continue to fall in Chatham-Kent as the average price keeps going up.

We should get a better idea tonight what Chatham-Kent's municipal budget will look like for 2022, it looks like more progress is being made in the Wheatley gas leak investigation, and hundreds of nurses who were trained in other countries are about to be deployed to 50 hospitals in Ontario.

Evening News for Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The ICU in Chatham-Kent is filling up with COVID-positive patients again, the Ministry of Labour is investigating a fatal accident yesterday at a greenhouse in Leamington, and Chatham-Kent-Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls is raising concerns with upper levels of government about mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for federally-regulated truckers.

The kids should be back in school on Monday, Ontario's opposition leader is calling on the Ford Government to make childcare facilities safer, and trails in Chatham-Kent are seeing a record number of visitors as people try to find ways to get out of the house during the pandemic.

Evening News for Monday, January 10, 2022

The public health unit is reporting two more COVID-19 deaths in Chatham-Kent today, a 47-year-old Chatham man has been arrested after a verbal argument with his neighbour took a violent turn, and if you're looking for a warm place to spend the night, Hope Haven in Chatham will be open for extended hours.

Businesses that have been forced to shut down in the latest set of COVID-19 restrictions are getting some extra help from the province, the province is also cutting the electricity rate for 21 days because more people are working from home, and a men's shelter in Chatham is extending its hours to make sure no one has to sleep outside in the bitter cold tonight.