Videos

Freedom Collective is coming to Chatham-Kent bringing some old traditions back to teaching. We had an awesome chat with Elizabeth Downey Sunnen and how her and co founder Meghan Dunlop brought this all together. Nestled in 78 acres of naturalized farmland between Blenheim and Ridgetown, ON, Freedom Collective offers a space to run, explore and learn. Freedom Collective brings the outdoors to your child, and guides your child’s natural curiosity. Freedom Collective is where the next generation learns Mindfulness, Leadership and Self-Discipline alongside Maths, Languages and Sciences. For more information visit freedomcollectiveck.com

The community of Buxton will celebrate their annual homecoming a bit differently going virtual this year due to Covid. Shannon Prince, Currator of the Buxton National Historic Museum has the details for how the weekend will go. Anyone wishing to attend “Homecoming” is welcome to come to the Buxton National Historic Site, which was Canada’s largest and most successful planned settlement and a haven for fugitive slaves. You will have great fun with the “Family Feud” baseball tournament, “Party in the Park” dance, parade, vintage car show, children’s rides…something for everyone. Special stops will include a worship service in one of the churches and visits to the school and log cabin that date back to the days before emancipation. Join the family Reunion! Buxton Homecoming – August 30th – September 2nd Buxton Museum For more information: www.buxtonmuseum.com Email: buxton@ciaccess.com (519) 352-4799

With Covid-19 affecting many events, the Festival of Giving will also be going virtual this year on October 17, 2020. We chatted with President of the Children's Treatment Center Mike Genge on how you can still buy tickets for the new format. For more information visit https://ctc-ck.com/festival-of-giving/ to purchase your tickets.

We chat with Mayor Darrin Canniff and his thought on the pop up of patio's rejuvenating businesses and Chatham-Kent on it's progress in Phase 3.

Denny Vervaet, co owner of Red Barn Brewery along with his wife Sandy Vervaet and brother in law Dan English didn't expect to sell completely out of their first batch of beer within 2 days of their grand opening. We had a great chat with Denny about the results of their 2 days of fully selling out.

Regular/Planning Agenda visit https://www.chatham-kent.ca/local-government/council/council-meetings/council-meeting-july-20-2020

Regular/Planning Agenda visit https://www.chatham-kent.ca/Council/Meetings/2020/Pages/Council-Meeting---June-29%2C-2020.aspx for full agenda

Regular/Planning Agenda https://www.chatham-kent.ca/local-government/council/council-meetings/council-meeting-june-15-2020

Regular/Planning Agenda Visit https://www.chatham-kent.ca/local-government/council/council-meetings/council-meeting-june-1-2020 for full agenda

As CK enters Phase 3 this means fitness centers can now reopen. Our local Planet Fitness reopened Tuesday July 21st and we had a chance to chat with Hiba Jibril - Assistant Regional Manager Ontario about the precautions taken for it's staff and members.

Multi-platinum, JUNO Award winning Rock icon and Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee Kim Mitchell announces the surprise release of his brand new single “Wishes” on June 26th and coincides with the highly anticipated release of his forthcoming new album, “The Big Fantasize” (El Mocambo Records), the first full-length recording since 2007’s “Ain’t Life Amazing”. We had a great chat about his new single and album, stay tuned at the end of the video to view it.

Interview with Donald MacLellan, General Manager- Chatham-Kent EMS/Medavie about how his team has handled Covid-19 and moving forward continue to serve our community.