April 2, 2024

April 2nd is the 93rd day of the year. There are 273 days remaining until the end of the year.

There’s a blood donor clinic today at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre, Dresden from 2-7 p.m.

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 April 9th.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library hosts Movies @ Your Library every Tuesday at the Chatham branch.

Book your spot today to see Living.

Movies start at 2pm.

It’s a must win game tonight for the Tilbury Bluebirds in the Western Ontario Super Hockey League semifinals.

Tilbury is trailing Tillsonburg 3-2 in the best of 7 series.

The puck drop for Game 6 at 7:30 p.m., in Tilbury.

If necessary, the Thunder will host Game 7 Wednesday, April 3rd.

After 67 years on the Las Vegas Strip, the Tropicana Casino will close it doors forever today.

The demolition is set for October; afterward, it will be the site of a new ballpark for the Major League Baseball team the A’s.

The Tropicana opened on Las Vegas Boulevard in 1957, it was the most expensive resort that had ever been built in the city. It was the “glitziest” resort on the strip and all the A-listers stayed there. But in the decades since it hasn’t been able to keep up with the neighbouring resorts.

The gaming floor will closed at 3 a.m., and the when the last hotel guests check out by midday, its the end of an era.

The Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.09 billion. That’s with a ‘B’, billion.

No one matched the six numbers drawn last night, continuing a three-month winless streak for the top prize. The last win was on New Year’s Day.

That’s a lot of money, but it isn’t the biggest Powerball jackpot ever. That was just last year in November when someone in California won$2.04 billion.

Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

**Reminder: There are no restrictions that prohibit Canadians from playing the Powerball lottery. Be aware and very careful of websites offering to sell to Canadians.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod