Noon News for Saturday, June 19, 2021

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Chatham-Kent is holding steady in the single digits, a Dresden community group is hoping to bring some attention to diversity by lighting up its town hall, and a group from Chatham-Kent has won almost $60,000 dollars in a recent Lotto Max draw.

It looks like most people in Chatham-Kent have been obeying the rules through the first week of the province's re-opening plan, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization is now recommending that everyone should go with an mRNA vaccine for their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and this week's Blackburn News Podcast looks at the Pride movement.

Evening News for Thursday, June 17, 2021

Chatham-Kent is down to six active COVID-19 cases now, a boil water advisory has been issued for some parts of Leamington just southwest of Wheatley, and two Toronto residents have been arrested after a traffic stop in Blenheim led to drug trafficking charges.

If active COVID-19 cases keep trending down and vaccination rates keep going, the worst of the pandemic should be behind us, if you have something to say about woodlots in Chatham-Kent, now is your time to speak up, and the new president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police is a familiar face for Chatham-Kent residents.

Evening News for Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Vaccination efforts in Chatham-Kent continue to pay off as active case counts in the municipality are down to single digits for the first time since the fall of 2020, a company that creates affordable housing has bought up the former St. Agnes Catholic school in Chatham, and Ontario is putting put up 10-million to help identify, investigate, protect, and commemorate Indian Residential School burial sites.