Year In Review 2021: May

The Sydenham Current is taking a look back at 2021, on a month-by-month basis.

The ‘May’ review is presented by Feddes Fabrications:

Here are the stories that made the headlines:


C-K entering into agreement for shelter spaces at Travelodge in Chatham

‘Reopening Ontario Act’ charge laid at Old Colony Mennonite Church outside Dresden

More charges laid after anti-lockdown rally in Chatham

Update: Arrests made in shooting investigation

COVID-19 wastewater testing starting in Chatham

PPE manufacturer expanding into Chatham-Kent

Suspicious package deemed dangerous, investigation continues in Chatham

‘Rice Krispie’ square fundraiser for Seth

Submitted Photo

Ontario pauses AstraZeneca vaccine administration due to blood cot concerns

Province-wide stay-at-home order extended until at least June 2

Women’s driving championship coming to Dresden Raceway

Reopening Ontario Act charge laid at Old Colony Mennonite Church in Charing Cross

CK Public Health invites residents 18+ to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointment

Update: Stolen truck in Wallaceburg found torched

More Reopening Ontario Act charges laid at Old Colony Mennonite Church in Wheatley

New subdivision plan approved in Dresden

Municipality of Chatham-Kent

New owners of former Navistar property hoping to bring the site ‘back to life’

CKPS investigating fatal crash cold case from 1986

Chatham woman wins $250,000 lottery prize

Fire at Polish Canadian Club in Chatham

Erie Shore Drive Property Owners Association launch legal action against C-K

$3-million damage after Inshes Street blaze, plus two other fires in Chatham

Province announces new three step reopening plan across Ontario

Ontario proceeding with second doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic being held in Wallaceburg on June 3

Full house for COVID-19 vaccination clinic held at Wallaceburg Arena

Dana Haggith, the owner of the Sydenham Current, outside Wallaceburg Memorial Arena on Friday, May 21, 2021 after receiving her first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot.

Pleasure craft license required to access the bays and channels of Walpole Island

Reopening Ontario Act charges laid at Old Colony Mennonite Church in Wheatley

Community Living Wallaceburg supporting ‘yarn bombing’ for Deafblind Awareness Month

Walking bridge raised in Wallaceburg, police investigating

More Reopening Ontario Act charges laid at Dresden & Wheatley area churches

Downtown Dresden BIA launches new logo

Another Reopening Ontario Act charge laid at Old Colony Mennonite Church outside of Dresden

Walpole Island officials provide answers to pleasure craft license FAQ

Federal & Provincial governments make investments to improve Lake Erie water quality

House fire in Dresden causes $350,000 damage

Turtles lounging in the Sydenham River in Wallaceburg

Doug Babbitt Photo

More ‘Reopening Ontario Act’ charges at Dresden, Wheatley and Charing Cross churches

Ontario accelerates rollout of second COVID-19 shots, targeting a ‘two-dose summer’

15th COVID-19 death in Chatham-Kent

Flags lowered across Chatham-Kent to honour residential school victims

Walpole Island ‘extremely heartbroken’ after mass grave discovery at B.C. residential school

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