March 6, 2024

March 6th is the 66th day of the year. There are 300 days remaining until the end of the year.

Day 3 of the Community Food Drive and we’re in Dresden this morning.

Stop by and donate at Foodland Dresden between 7 a.m. and noon and get a ballot to win a high efficiency Lennox furnace (and installation) from Postma Heating & Cooling.

Chatham Goodfellows will be at the store to collect your donations. Food raised in each community will stay in that community!

The Community Food Drive continues in Blenheim tomorrow:

• Thursday – Blenheim – Sobey
• Friday – Chatham – Real Canadian Superstore

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Tonight at 7pm stop by to see Maestro.

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

The Chatham Maroons will kick off their GOJHL playoffs tonight.

The fifth place Maroons will take on the fourth place Lasalle Vipers in a best of 7 series.

Game 1 – Wednesday in LaSalle – 7 p.m.
Game 2 – Sunday at Chatham Memorial Arena – 7 p.m.
Game 3 – Wednesday, March 13, in LaSalle – 7 p.m.
Game 4 – Thursday, March 14, in Chatham – 7 p.m.
*Game 5 – Saturday, March 16, in LaSalle – 7 p.m.
*Game 6 – Sunday, March 17, in Chatham – 7 p.m.
*Game 7 – Tuesday, March 19, in LaSalle – 7 p.m.
*if necessary

Did you get locked out of your Facebook or Instagram accounts yesterday morning? You weren’t alone.

Users that attempted to log onto any of Meta‘s social media sites saw error messages. Other platforms impacted included Threads and Facebook Messenger. A technical issue was to blame. The outage lasted for more than two hours.

Meta said the issue was resolved as quickly as possible.

Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience. https://t.co/ybyyAZNAMn

— Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5, 2024

BowFlex has filed for bankruptcy.

The nearly four-decade old company, best known for commercials that were a staple of late-night television in the 1990s, blamed its bankruptcy on the “post-pandemic environment…” Makers of home-based fitness equipment have struggled following the pandemic, as many rushed back to the gym; along with the increasing popularity of weight-loss drugs.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod