March 24, 2025

March 24th is the 83rd day of the year. There are 282 days remaining until the end of the year.

A little bit of everything when it comes to your weather forecast this week, according to Environment Canada.

We had some flurries last night and we’ll see some more this week. Today:cloud and rain with a high of 4C. Tomorrow sun and clouds with a high of 8C.

Thursday will be the high for the week with sunshine and 11C.

Canadians will head to the polls on Monday, April 28th.

Prime Minister Mark Carney asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament on Sunday, setting Canada up for a snap election.

According to Elections Canada, a federal election period must be at least 37 days and no more than 51 days. Both the day the election is called and election day are considered part of the election period. This means Carney has opted for the shortest possible campaign period allowed under Canadian law. The last federal election, in the summer of 2021, was also 37 days long.

Advance polls would take place over Easter weekend.

Carney currently does not currently have a seat in the House of Commons. He will be running in the riding of Nepean.

The Ontario Hockey League regular season has come to an end.

The Windsor Spitfires will play the Soo Greyhounds. Game 1 is Thursday and Game 2 Saturday in Windsor.

The London Knights will the Owen Sound Attack in the first round. Game 1 is Friday and Game 2 Sunday in London.

The Sarnia Sting did not make the playoffs.

The end of the season also wrapped up the OHL career for Blenheim’s Brady Stonehouse who played for the Ottawa 67’s and Peterborough Petes.

In local hockey:

The Chatham Maroons won big 9-3 over the Elmira Sugar Kings. Game 4 is tonight in Elmira, puck drop at 7:30.

The Tilbury Bluebirds lost 5-2 to the Stratford Fighting Irish and now trail their series 3 games to 1. Game 5 is in Stratford Saturday.

The World Happiness Report was released on Friday. Since 2012, it ranks how people in more than 140 countries evaluate the quality of their lives.

For the eighth year in a row, Finland is #1. Denmark is #2, Iceland is #3. The rest of the Top 10 is: Sweden, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Norway, Israel, Luxembourg and Mexico.

Canada is #18. The U.S. is #24 out of 147 countries, the lowest rank since they started the survey.

Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Malawi, and Zimbabwe are the countries where people are least satisfied and happy with their lives. They finished just below Botswana, Congo, Yemen, Comoros, and Lesotho.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod