April 29, 2024

April 29th is the 120th day of the year. There are 246 days remaining until the end of the year.

Last weeks Frost Advisories should be the last we see for awhile, according to Environment Canada.

Sun and clouds with highs in the low 20’s to start the week. Showers or thunderstorms are possible. The humidex is a thing again, today could end up feeling like 26C.

The Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival Grand Concert is tonight at the Kiwanis Theatre in Chatham.

This will be the finale of the 78th Annual Chatham Kiwanis Music Fest, it’ll begin at 7 p.m.

The trophy and award winners will be presented and 15 selected performances will be featured. Admission is $10 at the door, students are free.

Tim Hortons Smile Cookies return today!

In Chatham, Wallaceburg and Dresden, proceeds from the Smile Cookie sales will support the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent.

For patrons purchasing the chocolate chunk cookies topped with pink and blue icing smiles in Blenheim, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Thamesville, proceeds will support the VON’s Ontario Student Nutrition Program. OSNP provides funding and support to 41 schools in Chatham Kent.

The campaign runs from April 29 to May 5.

The NFL Draft in Detroit broke attendance records over the weekend.

Over 700,000 fans attended the three day event. In 2019, Nashville set the previous record after drawing 600,000 fans.

Detroit had never hosted a draft prior to this year but hosted the Super Bowl XL in 2006. On Thursday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Detroit also set the Day 1 record with more than 275,000 fans in attendance and drew 550,000 in two days before breaking the event record Saturday.

Green Bay will host next year’s draft.

Over 775,000 fans in attendance.

Detroit, thank you for a record-setting #NFLDraft. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/YBEKxfNwqQ

— NFL (@NFL) April 27, 2024

NASA and Nokia who have partnered to set up a cellular network on the Moon for future human presence on other planets.

Currently, astronauts talk to each other by radio, but NASA wants a lunar communications system capable of supporting high-resolution video and science data. The 4G network unit is being built by Nokia. It will be loaded onto a lander and once deployed it will work two roaming vehicles to search for ice. Images of ice will be transmitted back to Earth in near real-time via the cellular network. Lunar ice could be used to create breathable oxygen.

A SpaceX rocket is due to launch sometime this year carrying a simple 4G network to the Moon.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod