September 28, 2022

September 28th is the 271st day of the year. There are 94 days remaining until the end of the year.

There’s a blood donor clinic today at the Portuguese Canadian Club from 1-7pm.

Over 100,000 new donors are needed this year to make up for those who can no longer donate. This helps ensure reliable access to blood and blood products for patients, where and when they need it.

Donors are needed! Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.

No walk-in appointments are available.

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Tonight at 7pm stop by to see The Imitation Game on the big screen.

Check here for more info.

Admission is $5 or flash your movie pass for entry.

The Chatham-Kent Film Group brings independent movies to the municipality. Showings are the first Monday of the month at Chatham Galaxy Cinemas.

On Monday, the CKFG will screen Last Call. Last Call is the story of the relationship between two strangers who are thrown together in an environment of mounting crisis: Beth is a late night janitor who accidentally answers a call from Scott who believes he has dialed a suicide prevention hotline. The Director, Gavin Michael Booth, is from the Windsor area and will be joining for a Q&A discussion following both screenings of the film.

Showings at 4 and 7pm. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased at the door.

The next film screening will be held on Monday, November 7th.

Led by Chatham’s Bridget Carleton‘s 27 points, Canada defeated Mali at the FIBA Women’s World Cup of Basketball Tuesday morning.

The victory guaranteed a top-two finish in their group, Canada will play Puerto Rico in the quarter finals.

The game will be on Sportsnet at 12:30am Thursday morning.

Friday will be Canada’s second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The federal holiday is held on September 30th each year and honours the victims, survivors, families and communities impacted by residential schools. It coincides with Orange Shirt Day, an Indigenous-led grassroots event intended to raise awareness of the impacts of residential schools.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a statutory holiday for federally regulated industries in Canada, but provinces have jurisdiction over provincially regulated industries, which covers most workplaces. In Ontario, the provincial government has not deemed the day a statutory holiday. That means the stat only applies to federally regulated industries in the province, including federal government employees.

Workers in most other industries in Ontario will have a normal work day, unless their employer has decided to give them the day off or it has been negotiated into collective agreements or employment contracts.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod