The Chatham-Kent Police Service demonstrated its new $30,000 thermal imaging camera at a search and rescue exercise held Nov. 2. The exercise took place in thick bush just east of Victoria Residence on Stanley Avenue, as police searched for two volunteers. The exercise included the Critical Incident Reponse Team (CIRT), as well as a dog team and search and rescue volunteers. A helicopter was also to have been used, but low cloud cover and rain kept the operation on the ground. [continues 308 words]
Chatham This Week -- It's a product that still tends to get a lot of smirks and one-liners, but the growing of hemp is legal in Canada, and its proponents say the sky is the limit in what can be done with the plant -- which is the tame, not-for-getting-high relative of marijuana. Speaking at the Ontario Hemp Alliance (OHA) field day held at Ridgetown College last Friday, OHA president Gordon Scheifele called it "the most significant hemp event in Canada this summer." [continues 236 words]
