{"id":24161,"date":"2023-09-09T04:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/?p=24161"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:41:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:41:35","slug":"what-to-know-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/what-to-know-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Know This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What you should know for this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/londonnewstoday.ca\/london\/news\/2023\/09\/08\/50m-renovation-to-western-fair-district-casino-begins\">$50M in casino upgrades:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The multi million dollar upgrade to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/london.gatewaycasinos.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gateways Casino London<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernfairdistrict.com\/western-fair-district-london-ontario\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western Fair District<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has finally started. The $50 million dollar investment will bring hundreds of new slots, live table games, and even a restaurant with an outdoor patio. Renovations will take about 27 months and will produce over 100 jobs. Completion of the project is estimated to be in 2025. Gateways is the largest casino entertainment company in Canada.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/londonnewstoday.ca\/london\/news\/2023\/09\/08\/london-area-sees-jump-in-jobless-rate\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>More and more people are looking for jobs:<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The unemployment rate in London has jumped from 5% to 5.6%. In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/n1\/daily-quotidien\/230908\/dq230908a-eng.htm?HPA=1&amp;indid=3587-2&amp;indgeo=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> conducted by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/en\/start\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Statistics Canada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, there are 6,300 people looking for work and only 4,300 jobs available in August. Nationally the numbers are the same with Canada having a 5.5% unemployment rate and 1.2 million people looking for jobs. In young people, males decreased in unemployment while females increased. September&#8217;s unemployment numbers will be released October 6th.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Dan Masterson sentenced to 30 years in prison:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A Los Angeles court has convicted and sentenced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0165598\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThat 70\u2019s Show\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> star <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/09\/danny-masterson-sentenced-to-30-years-to-life-in-prison\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dan Masterson to 30 years in state prison.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Masterson was accused of raping two women in 2003. The 47 year old has been in custody since May and will only be eligible for parole after 25 \u00bd years. Masterson also starred in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Netflix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> series <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4998212\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Ranch\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with co-star <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashton_Kutcher\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ashton Kutcher<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> but was removed from the show after the accusations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/londonnewstoday.ca\/london\/news\/2023\/09\/07\/virtue-and-moir-to-be-inducted-into-canadas-sports-hall-of-fame\">London local inducted to the hall of fame:<\/a><\/strong> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportshall.ca\/\">Canada Sports Hall of Fame<\/a> will be inducting its class of 2023 in October. Londoner <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tessa_Virtue\">Tessa Virtue<\/a> and Ilderton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Moir\">Scott Moir<\/a> will receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofsport.ca\/\">Order of Sport<\/a> and be among the 2023 class. Scott and Tessa are the most decorated figure skaters in the world earning five <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olympic_Games\">Olympic<\/a> medals, three <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Figure_Skating_Championships\">World Championships<\/a>, eight <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Figure_Skating_Championships\">Canadian National Championships<\/a>, and won the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_Continents_Figure_Skating_Championships\">Four Continents Championships<\/a> three times. They\u2019ve been partners for 20 years until retiring in 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Going for bronze:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Team Canada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usab.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Team USA <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">will be battling for the bronze medal at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/basketballworldcup\/2023\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FIBA World Cup<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. After a disappointing loss to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/basketballworldcup\/2023\/team\/Serbia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Serbia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Friday morning, and USA\u2019s loss to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/news\/usa-vs-germany-score-updates-highlights-world-cup-semifinals\/32d1ae874204836942c914d9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Germany<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, they will now be facing each other Sunday for bronze. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RJ_Barrett\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RJ Barrett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/knicks\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Knicks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> led Canada with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, sadly that wasn\u2019t enough for Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you should know for this weekend. &nbsp; $50M in casino upgrades: The multi million dollar upgrade to the Gateways Casino London at the Western Fair District has finally started. 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