April 11, 2024

April 11th is the 102nd day of the year. There are 264 days remaining until the end of the year.

Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for Chatham-Kent, Windsor-Essex, Sarnia-Lambton, London-Middlesex and most of Southwestern Ontario.

Significant rainfall expected over the next few days. Rain will continue into early Saturday morning. The heaviest rainfall is expected to fall today into the evening. A possible thunderstorms later today could bring more heavy rains.

Total rainfall amounts of 30 to 45 mm are expected.

The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance job fair is today at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre.

The fair will focus on CKHA’s support services departments such as housekeeping, medical device reprocessing, registration, patient appointment office and nutrition services.

Representatives will be available to offer more information on the hospital’s programs and services and the application process. Job seekers are not required to register to attend the job fair.

The CKHA Job Fair is today from 1 to 5 p.m.

Candidates can also submit an application online, click here.

For the first time ever prize money will be introduced at the Summer Olympics in Paris later this year.

Track and field will become the first sport to introduce prize money, announcing Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists. The International Olympic Committee is setting aside $2.4 million to pay the gold medalists across the 48 events on the track and field program. Relay teams will split the $50,000 between their members. Payments for silver and bronze medalists will start at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

The modern Olympics began as an amateur sports event and the IOC does not award prize money. However, many medalists receive payments from their countries’ governments, national sports bodies or from sponsors.

Canadian track and field medal winners receive p$20,000 for winning gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze. This money is awarded through the Canadian Olympic Committee Athlete Excellence Fund, and would be in addition to the IOC funds.

In sports like tennis and golf, the Olympic tournament is the only time in a season that many pro players compete for free, with medals on offer but no prize money.

On Wednesday, the NFL announced their first ever game in Brazil.

The Green Bay Packers will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles in São Paulo.

The Packers-Eagles game will be the second game of the 2024 regular season. The reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will host the opening game on September 5th.

Other than those two games, that’s all that is known about the 2024 schedule. The league usually releases the full season schedule in early May.

The first-ever regular season game IN BRAZIL is SET! 🇧🇷 @NFLBrasil

And for the first time in more than 50 years, an NFL game will be played on Friday night of opening weekend. pic.twitter.com/9T4HGqXdkd

— NFL (@NFL) April 10, 2024

The Masters golf tournament begins today.

One of the four major professional golf tournaments, and the only one played on the same golf course every year. This is the 88th annual tournament. The winner recieves over $3.24 million dollars and the coveted green jacket. Jon Rahm is the defending champ. He’ll attempt to be the first player to repeat as Masters champion since Tiger Woods (2001, 2002)

You can watch the entire tournament on TSN or the final two rounds on CBS.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod