August 18, 2025
August 18th is the 230th day of the year. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year.
A perfect summer day to start off the work week.
Sunshine and a high of 25C today, with the humidex it’ll only feel like 27.
Tomorrow we’ll have a good chance of some rain, before back to seasonal normal temperatures for the rest of the week.
The King Street West Reconstruction project takes another step this morning.
Today begins the full closure of the King Street West and Lacroix Street intersection. It will reopened in early September. Detour routes are in place.
Click here for more information on this road work.
The regular season is done, now bring on the playoffs!
The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers will face the Hamilton Cardinals in the first round of the IBL Playoffs beginning Thursday at Fergie Jenkins Field.
Chatham-Kent finished 4th in the IBL regular season, with a record of 22-20. The Hamilton Cardinals were right behind them with a 21-21 record for 5th. The Barnstormers were 3-2 against Hamilton this season.
Round 1 of the 2025 IBL playoffs is a best of 5 series.
Game 1 – Thursday August 21 – in Chatham @ 7:35 pm
Game 2 – Friday August 22 in Hamilton @ 7:35 pm
Game 3 – Saturday August 23 in Chatham @ 7:05 pm
Game 4 – in Hamilton (if necessary) date and time TBA
Game 5 – in Chatham (if necessary) date and time TBA
There have been 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary this year alone.
The new words show the increasing influence of the TikTok generation on the English language.
One of the new words is “skibidi” The Cambridge Dictionary defines skibidi as “a word that can have different meanings such as ‘cool’ or ‘bad’, or can be used with no real meaning as a joke’, an example of its use is: ‘What the skibidi are you doing?’”
Delulu: The dictionary defined delulu, derived from the word delusional, as “believing things that are not real or true, usually because you choose to”.
Other new phrases include “lewk”, used to describe a unique fashion look and popularised by RuPaul’s Drag Race, and “inspo”, short for inspiration. Work from home culture has given rise to “mouse jiggler”, referring to a way to pretend to work when you are not.
There is also “forever chemical”, man-made chemicals that stay in the environment for years.
Volkswagen just introduced a new subscription plan for its electric cars. They’re making people pay extra to unlock the full amount of horsepower.
It’s only happening in the U.K. for now. No word on when, or if, they might try to do it in other countries.
Their Volkswagen ID.3 electric car has 228 horsepower. But if you don’t pay the fee you only get to access to 201 of that horsepower. They say they’re giving people options. If you need more zip, you can pay for it.
They’re not the first car company that’s tried this. A few years ago, BMW tried to charge drivers in the U.K. to use their heated seats. They ended up cancelling it after too many complaints.
VW drivers in the U.K. who want the extra zip will have to pay $22 a month for the privilege, or a yearly fee of around $225.There’s also the option of paying a one-time fee of $880. Volkswagen says that option keeps it unlocked, even if you sell the car.
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