ACCORDING TO CHATHAM- KENT POLICE A 54 YEAR OLD CHATHAM MAN HAS A GREEN THUMB. BUT ITS NOT HIS PETUNIAS THAT GOT HIM IN TROUBLE. MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A HOME IN CHATHAM ON WEDNESDAY AND FOUND 176 POT PLANTS. THEY ESTIMATE THE TAKE FROM THE GROW- OP TO BE JUST OVER 175 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
CALGARY POLICE HELPED OUT THEIR COUNTERPARTS FROM CHATHAM -KENT THIS WEEK WHEN THEY POPPED A MAN WANTED ON A CANADA WIDE WARRANT. THEY ARRESTED THE 66 YEAR OLD AREA MAN WHO WAS WANTED ON DOMESTIC AND SEX RELATED CHARGES AND SHIPPED HIM BACK TO CHATHAM ON WEDNESDAY. HE IS NOW BEING HELD PENDING A BAIL HEARING.
THE TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF A SARNIA SCHOOL TEACHER WILL TAKE PLACE IN WINDSOR. NOELLE PAQYUETTE WAS KILLED ON NEW YEARS EVE TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE PAIR CHARGED WITH HER MURDER, 33 YEAR OLD TONYA BOGDANOVITCH AND 21 YEAR OLD MICHAEL MAGREGOR REQUESTED A CHANGE OF VENUE. THE SUPERIOR COURT JUSTICE AGREED, SO THEY WILL BEGIN THE TRIAL IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR IN WINDSOR. PRE TRIAL MOTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN ST. THOMAS.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY ON THE JOB FOR A WELL KNOWN DOCTOR IN DRESDEN. DR. JOHN PAYNE HAS SPENT THE LAST 39 YEARS DELIVERING BABIES AND SAVING LIVES AROUND THE AREA AND IS RETIRING FROM HIS PRACTICE TODAY. DR. PAYNE WAS BORN IN DRESDEN AND FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER WHO WAS ALSO A DRESDEN DOCTOR FOR NEARLY 4 DECADES. THE PATIENTS WHO SAW DR. PAYNE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO EITHER DOCTOR IBRAHAM, OR PROVIDENCE EFFECTIVE FRIDAY ACCORDING TO THE DRESDEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION.
IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BUYING AN APPLE WATCH, YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM THE INK. IT SEEMS TATTOOS CAN DISRUPT THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF THE WATCH. THE WATCHES RUN ABOUT A THOUSAND CANADIAN, BUT IT TURNS OUT THE INK CONFUSES THE SENSORS ON THE DEVICE.
