January 24, 2024

January 24th is the 24th day of the year. There are 342 days remaining until the end of the year.

The CKRecreation Play Rangers are in Ridgetown this weekend.

Bring the family for the FREE drop-in program that is fun for all ages!

The Play Rangers are at the Ridgetown Youth Centre, Saturday, January 2thth from 1pm – 3pm.

For the full Play Rangers schedule check out the Program Guide online.

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Tonight at 2pm or 7pm stop by to see Ghost.

Admission is $7 or flash your movie pass for entry. Check here for more info.

The Oscar nominees were announced yesterday.

Oppenheimer leads the way with 13 nominations.

The year’s biggest hit, Barbie, was nominated for Best Picture, but director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie got snubbed. It was nominated for eight awards overall , including best picture; Ryan Gosling for best supporting actor; and two best-song candidates in “What Was I Made For” and “I’m Just Ken.”

The Academy Awards will air Sunday, March 10th on ABC, one hour earlier at 7 p.m. Jimmy Kimmel host.

And the nominees for Best Picture are… #Oscars pic.twitter.com/UFNHnQBZsE

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 23, 2024

The Town of LaSalle has an exhibition that opened this week that the entire family will enjoy.

Sean Kenney’s Animal Super Powers is open now at the LaSalle Event Centre, featuring sculptures of animals made from Lego blocks.

Click here for more information.

The exhibit is open to the public for general admission every Thursday to Sunday until April 6, 2024. Tickets are $13 plus tax.

The art pieces on display took a collective five years to make. More than 1.3 million Lego pieces were used to construct the creations in the show.

Forty years ago today, Apple began selling its first Macintosh computer.

It featured an 8 MHz processor and 128k of RAM in a beige all-in-one case with a 9-inch monochrome display — all for around $2,500.

Apple put the world on notice of the Mac’s arrival with its now iconic 1984 commercial that aired during a commercial break in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod