Foster’s Meats – Morning Coffee

Weather forecast for Monday, June 10, 2019

Today – Showers ending late this afternoon then cloudy. Risk of a thunderstorm. Amount 15 to 25 mm. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this morning then northwest 30 gusting to 50 this afternoon. High 21. Humidex 26. UV index 4 or moderate.

Tonight – Clearing late this evening. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light overnight. Low 10.

Chatham-Kent Council meeting tonight

Chatham-Kent Council is set to meet for a regular/planning meeting on Monday night, June 10, 2019.

The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. at the Chatham-Kent Civic Centre in Chatham.

A link to the full agenda can be seen, here. 

You can watch the meeting LIVE on YourTV Chatham’s YouTube channel, here. 

Some of the items up for discussion, include:

– A report on the Continuous Improvement and Red Tape Reduction initiative.

– Rob Nelson is set to provide a deputation about connecting2CK.ca.

– A motion by South Kent Councillor Anthony Ceccacci about the reconsideration of vesting 75 Dell Street in Wallaceburg.

– Victoria Bodnar, Coordinator Resident Attraction and Retention and the CKy Advisory Group) will provide a presentation about the CKy – CK to the Power of Young People (aged 15-39) Initiative Update.

– A motion by South Kent Councillor Trevor Thompson about the Special Events Process.

– A motion by West Kent Councillor Mark Authier about the Talbot Trail Water Front Properties.

– An announcement of the Agricultural Hall of Fame 2019 inductees by Peter Hensel

– A planning item for a consent and zoning by-law amendment at 6135 Talbot Trail in Raleigh.

– Two announcements by Mayor Darrin Canniff about road closings on South Talbot Road and Robinson Road, between Concessions 3 and 4, in Dresden.

– Information reports on the following: Corporate Annual Report 2018, information from Chatham-Kent United Way Campaigns and Chatham-Kent Marketing Initiatives Update.

– Tender award contracts are up for approval for: Pedestrian Signal Installations in Blenheim and Tilbury, Rehabilitation of the Wheatley Road Bridge over Campbell Sideroad Drain and the Rehabilitation of Esterville Road and Kent Line Bridges over Long’s Creek in Camden.

– A report on Community Meetings Information and Recommendations – Grant Information.

– An application for Site Plan Control of Charron Warehousing Inc., located at 170 Bothwell Street in Chatham.

– A couple of items under the Ontario Heritage Act, including: the intention to designate, 9388 Cedar Hedge Line in Chatham Township and a request to demolish the building located at 68 London Road in Thamesville.

– A report on Encroachment – Roadway Abutting 88 Grand Avenue East in Chatham.

– Council will also meet in Closed Session to discuss proposed disposition of land by the municipality with regard to Offer to Purchase – JM Controls & Electric Ltd., to receive legal advice with regard to 75 Dell Street in Wallaceburg and Talbot Trail Water Front Properties.

CK Special Populations Fundraiser

Dresden Ken Houston Memorial Arena is hosting a Broasted Chicken Dinner tonight to help raise money for CK Special Populations.

The Chatham-Kent Special Populations program develops and implements a wide variety of year round recreation and leisure programs, special events and services to meet the interest and needs of children, teens, adults, and seniors with disabilities. Programs are designed to enhance and/ or maintain leisure skills, socialization and overall sense of well being.

The Special Populations program is offered throughout Chatham-Kent in both urban and rural setting areas.

Some types of programs include Sport Activites, Physical fitness, general recreation and Social Functions & Events. For more information about CK Special Populations visit:

https://www.chathamkent.ca/Recreation/Pages/SpecialPopulations.aspx

Catered by Burns Family Restaurant
Doors open at 5:00pm Toonie
Auction starts at 5:45pm
Dinner at 6:00pm

National news

LIVE @ 8:45 a.m. ET: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces move on single-use plastics: https://t.co/eyoNlj3QBi #cdnpoli

— CTV News (@CTVNews) June 10, 2019

‘Dear Government of Canada’: Separated Canadian-Cuban families send plea to Ottawa https://t.co/fqVauFDOMm #hw #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/F4yLvHzSaB

— CBC Politics (@CBCPolitics) June 9, 2019

Officials take look at zones for EI rules, hoping to avoid political pitfalls https://t.co/QcDxVJDdUm #hw #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/4PSaP2EtNQ

— CBC Politics (@CBCPolitics) June 9, 2019

‘They were very brave’: Canadian scholar on China reflects on Tiananmen Square massacre https://t.co/kV3p0oRSUI pic.twitter.com/Gm1Osw6wVF

— CBC World News (@CBCWorldNews) June 10, 2019

2/7 “It was traumatizing,” says woman strip searched at Vancouver airport, and it’s not the only complaint against CBSA. https://t.co/kCEVneppBc pic.twitter.com/IXPB2ciTkB

— CBC News (@CBCNews) June 10, 2019

3/7 This could be the day Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors make history. https://t.co/kCEVneppBc pic.twitter.com/lHes0yi0ls

— CBC News (@CBCNews) June 10, 2019

Survivors and displacement victims of the Colombian civil war share their strengths and their recipes at a Bogota restaurant.
Victoria Stunt tonight at 6loc/7atl CBC R1 pic.twitter.com/1zhcQW3sn9

— CBC WorldThisWeekend (@CBCTWTW) June 1, 2019