June 20, 2023

June 20th is the 171st day of the year. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year.

There’s a blood donor clinic at the UAW Hall in Wallaceburg today from 1-7pm.

No walk-in appointments are available. Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.

If you’re unable to donate this week, the next clinic locally will also be at the Portuguese Canadian Club on Wednesday.

Free live music this Thursday in Blenheim and Dresden.

The Blenheim Rotary Club Summer Concerts in the Park begin at Talbot Trail Place.

Higgi’s Country Music hits the stage at 7. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy some music Thursdays all summer.

In Dresden, show #2 of the Dresden Rotary Club Summer Concert Series is Thursday.

Aaron Allen performs at 7.

The Pain Court Truck and Tractor Pull is this weekend.

The pull gets underway Friday at 7, under the water tower. Admission is $20, kids 12 and under are free.

Food and beer tent on site.

Summer fun a day trip away, Bingemans waterpark, Big Splash, opens for its 40th season on Saturday.

The Big Splash waterpark opened in the early 1980’s, and was Canada’s first wave pool, which still exists at the park today.

Bingemans Big Splash is open 10am to 7pm daily, you can book your tickets on their website.

IKEA Canada has a new mascot and he needs a name, according to their latest TikTok video.

The video is captioned with “Highest vote by Friday wins!” with four choices of names: Billy, Vän, Hex, and Blue.

[tiktok url=”https://www.tiktok.com/@ikeacanada/video/7246391833016814853″]

The Swedish furniture and décor company unveiled the new mascot—a strangely tall, smiley faced human with Ikea-branded wide-legged overalls, a yellow t-shirt, chunky platform shoes, and what appears to be a yellow bowl haircut, or maybe a hat.

Cast their vote by commenting on the TikTok post by Friday.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod