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• Weekend heat warning issued for Chatham-Kent

  04-07-2025 20:19 via chathamdailynews.ca
  A heat warning has been issued for Chatham-Kent by Environment Canada from Saturday through to Sunday evening. “Residents can expect daytime highs of 31 to 33 degrees Celsius with humidex values of 40 degrees,” Chatham-Kent Public Health said in a release. “Overnight lows of 21 to 25 degrees Celsius will provide little relief.” Amid high temperatures and humidity, your body may not be able to cool properly which can lead to heat exhaustion or even heat stroke, the unit sa
  
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• UCC grad Georgia Pitblado receives $120K Schulich leader scholarship

  04-07-2025 19:54 via chathamdailynews.ca
  An Ursuline College Chatham graduate is the recipient of Canada’s largest undergraduate scholarship. Georgia Pitblado, who will be studying engineering at London’s Western University in the fall, was selected to receive a $120,000 Schulich leader scholarship, the St. Clair Catholic District School Board said in a media release. Pitblado, who is the second UCC student to receive the prestigious scholarship, was selected by the school’s nomination committee for her outstanding ac
  
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• Couple grows field of sunflowers to help support Alzheimer’s Society

  04-07-2025 19:40 via chathamdailynews.ca
  For the fifth year, Puddleford Tree Farm has planted thousands of sunflowers for the public to enjoy and pick as a fundraiser for Chatham-Kent Alzheimer’s Society. Gail Whitney, who runs the Kent Bridge-area farm with her husband Matthew, said 100 per cent of the funds go to the Alzheimer Society’s day program, which offers days away for clients and respite for caregivers. Admission is $5 a vehicle to enter and sunflowers can be cut and taken home for $1 each. Whitney said the sunflo
  
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• Chatham-Kent police seize 26,000 cannabis plants from three licensed grow operations

  04-07-2025 18:50 via chathamdailynews.ca
  About 26,000 cannabis plants, which police value at $26 million, were seized from three licensed marijuana grow operations in Chatham-Kent. Health Canada agents conducted a compliance check at a site on Talbot Trail in Merlin on June 24 where the grow operation was “exploiting regulatory loopholes, significantly exceeding its authorized plant limits,” Chatham-Kent police said. The police service’s intelligence unit searched the property on June 25 and seized 2,765 cannabis plan
  
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• Woman dies from injuries in two-vehicle collision: Chatham-Kent police

  04-07-2025 17:36 via chathamdailynews.ca
  A Ridgetown woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash near Thamesville, Chatham-Kent police say. Officers were called to the collision on Longwoods Road, between Wallace Street and Pitt Road, Thursday morning police said. A Ridgetown woman, 29, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Four Counties Hospital in Newbury, where she later died, police said. A Thamesville man, 29, was taken to  Chatham-Kent Health Alliance with minor injuries, police said. The roadway was closed for several hour
  
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