At least two municipal employees and a third person who was involved in gas monitoring are among the injured after an explosion rocked downtown Wheatley Thursday evening, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Chatham-Kent is up slightly again today, and there's been another jump in the number of new COVID-19 cases in Ontario today.

Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and two buildings were completely destroyed after an explosion rocked downtown Wheatley yesterday, Chatham-Kent's medical officer of health is still backing the idea of a vaccine certificate system but he'd like to see the province step up to take that on, and an unknown number of Canadians and their families are still in Afghanistan after Canada ended its evacuation mission.

No change in Chatham-Kent's active COVID-19 caseload today, but there is another outbreak locally, and at least 13 people and another 15 people have been wounded after a pair of explosions outside of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Ontario Health Team in Chatham-Kent has come up with a plan to help keep people out of the hospitals locally, top hospital officials in the province are expecting another wave of COVID-19 admissions, and it looks like Canadian troops will be pulling out of Afghanistan in the next few days.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Chatham-Kent is still heading in the wrong direction, a three-time Gemini Award-nominated voice actor who grew up in a small hamlet just outside of Blenheim is taking his talents to the silver screen, and a 20-year-old man who allegedly killed a Muslim family with his truck in London earlier this year will be back in court next month.

Ontario's top doctor says the province could put a stop to more pandemic waves by next spring if 90-percent of people get vaccinated against COVID-19 soon, the three main party leaders in the federal election are spread across the country today, and we should get an update later this morning from some of Canada's top MPs on the situation in Afghanistan and Canada's role moving forward.

Another jump in active COVID-19 cases in Chatham-Kent today, the provincial government is making another big push for residents who HAVEN'T received a vaccine yet to get one, and it's not clear yet how many staff within the local school boards have been vaccinated against COVID-19 but parents should be able to access that information in a few weeks.

Tree clearing across Chatham-Kent is on hold for another 120 days as the municipality looks further into improving local tree coverage, a group of local residents is organizing a community-wide donation drive to fill school buses with food and school supplies, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a break from campaigning today as he meets with G-7 leaders to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

A slight dip in the number of active COVID-19 cases in Chatham-Kent today, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration, and two sides are looking for direction from Chatham-Kent Council as the contentious issue of clear-cutting woodlots is up for discussion again at tonight's meeting.