THE CHATHAM KENT POLICE SERVICES BOARD DIDN’T HAVE TOO FAR TO LOOK FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF. THEY DECIDED TO STAY IN HOUSE TO FIND CHIEF DENNIS POOLES REPLACEMENT. DEPUTY CHIEF GARY CONN WAS THE UNANIMOUS CHOICE OF THE BOARD AT THIS AFTERNOONS MEETING. POOLE IS RETIRING NEXT MONTH.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ROUND OF DOCTOR RECRUITING BY THE CHATHAM KENT HEALTH ALLIANCE. THERE WILL BE THREE NEW DOCTORS SETTING UP SHOP IN THE REGION. DR. TENSING CALDEN SHARNGOE IS A NEW HOSPITALIST, DR. YASSER EL-GOHARRY IS A NEW PATHOLGIST AND DR. INDRANEEL GHOSH IS THE NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
A WALLACEBURG MAN WHO SEEMS TO LIKE TO DRIVE EVEN THOUGH HE IS PROHIBITED FROM GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL WAS BACK IN JAIL. IT SEEMS THE MAN ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF PROHIBITIONS ON DRIVING WHEN HE WAS SPOTTED DOING JUST THAT LAST MONTH. HE WAS ARESTED AND GIVEN A COURT DATE. HE MISSED THE COURT DATE SO WHEN OFFICERS SAW HIM BEHIND THE WHEEL AGAIN LAST NIGHT IN WALLACEBURG HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN. NOW HE HAS ANOTHER COURT DATE NEXT MONTH.
200 CANDIAN TROOPS WILL SOON BE HEADED FOR THE UKRAINE TO HELP TRAIN THEIR MILLITARY IN DEALING WITH EXPLOSIVES AND IED’S. PRIME MINISTER HARPER MADE THE ANNOUNCMENT THIS MORNING BUT TOOK NO QUESTIONS. THIS WILL MARK THE FIRST TIME THE CANDIANS HAVE BEEN OVER THERE WORKING AGAINST THE RUSSIAN BACKED REBELS. THE DEPLOYMENT WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF MARCH IN 2017.
FLYING HAS BECOME A REAL PAIN FOR MANY THESES DAYS AND THE U.S. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD FEELS YOUR PAIN. THEY ARE BEGINNING TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM A PANEL OF EXPERTS TODAY TO INVESTIGATE THE SMALLER SEATS. PASSENGERS ARE COMPLAINING OF MORE KNEE AND BACK PAIN FROM THE CRAMPED CONDITIONS ALTHOUGH FOR THE AIRLINES IT JUST MEANS BIGGER PROFITS. THIS INCLUDES AMERICAN AIRLINES, AIR FRANCE AND KLM.
