June 18, 2025
June 18th is the 169th day of the year. There are 196 days remaining until the end of the year.
The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority issued a flood outlook statement on Tuesday night.
The Conservation Authority is warning of the potential for elevated water levels if the forecast from Environment Canada proves correct.
Environment Canada says isolated thunderstorms are possible for today. The severity of those thunderstorms increases through the day, and may produce heavy rainfall, high winds, hail, or a tornado.
Today’s rainfall could be up to 60mm and at a rate of up to 50mm per hour. The risk of thunderstorms continues into Thursday.
Individuals are reminded to avoid watercourses and flooded areas due to dangerous conditions, slippery banks, and cold, swift moving water. Children and pets should be kept away from the water.
Couple of farmers markets in C-K this weekend.
The Wallaceburg Farmers’ Market is back this summer with local farmers and artisans with fresh produce, handmade goods, and more.
The Wallaceburg Farmers Market is open 8 a.m.-noon in the municipal parking lot on James St. It’ll run bi-weekly until October.
Ridgetown hosts a Farmers Market Saturday 8-noon. The market is held on Main St. every Saturday until October 11th.
The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup Champs. Again.
The Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final. It’s the second year in a row the Oilers have lost to the Panthers in the final after dropping Game 7 last June.
A team based in Canada has not won the Stanley Cup in 32 years, not since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens won.
Edmonton forward Corey Perry has felt this pain before. He has now lost five Stanley Cup titles over the past six years, with his lone title coming with the Anaheim Ducks way back in 2007.
THE FLORIDA PANTHERS ARE YOUR 2025 #STANLEYCUP CHAMPIONS‼️ pic.twitter.com/GU5wNe4pKL
— NHL (@NHL) June 18, 2025
Historic military aircraft and vehicles will be on display at the Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport this Saturday as part of Military Heritage Day.
Dozens of vintage military aircraft, military vehicles, guest speakers and more are planned for the day, possibly the largest show of its kind in Ontario.
At least 33 warbirds coming for the day and visitors will have a chance to get up close to the planes. Other aircraft include a P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, F4U Corsair – Second World War fighters – a Westland Lysander multipurpose aircraft, numerous Harvard and Trojan trainer aircraft, a couple of de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes, a Hawker Sea Fury and more.
All will fly in and out of the airport, but their will not be an “air show” rather a display on Saturday, although aircraft will be taking off and landing over the course of the day.
Tickets for the day are $10 for adults; $5 for those aged 12-18; and free for children under 12, cadets in uniform and all military veterans. Proceeds from the day will be shared by the Chatham-Kent Hospice and the Blenheim Military Museum.
Gates open at 10 a.m. Opening ceremonies take place at 10:30 a.m. Rain day for the event is Sunday, June 22nd.
The world’s most-visited museum didn’t open on Monday because the staff is over worked and exhausted.
A spontaneous strike at the Louvre in Paris began during a staff meeting, with gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel refusing to take up their posts in protest over unmanageable crowds and chronic understaffing.
It’s rare for the Louvre to close its doors to the public. It has happened during war, during the pandemic, and in a handful of strikes. On Monday tourists lined the plaza, with no clear explanation for why the museum had, without warning, stayed closed.
The biggest draw at the museum is the Mona Lisa, 20,000 people a day make their way into the museum’s largest room to see Leonardo da Vinci’s work.
