March 29, 2023

March 29th is the 88th day of the year. There are 277 days remaining until the end of the year.

There’s a blood donor clinic this afternoon at the Portuguese Canadian Club from 1-7pm.

No walk-in appointments are available. Book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.

The Wheatley Omstead Sharks are at home to take on the Lakeshore Canadiens in Game 6 of their PJHL semi-final tonight in Lakeshore.

The Canadiens have won three in a row, and could take the series with a win tonight. Puck drop is at 7:30 at the Wheatley Arena.

If the Sharks win, Game 7 is Friday in Lakeshore at 7pm.

The Chatham-Kent Film Group will screen The Whale at Chatham Galaxy Cinemas Monday.

Showings at 4 and 7pm. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased at the door.

The C-K Film Group screens independant films the first Monday of the month at Chatham Galaxy Cinemas.

It’s the time of year to vote on the worst roads in Ontario.

The 20th annual CAA Worst Roads Campaign is back.

Last year, the worst road in the southwest region (Chatham-Kent, Windsor-Essex and Sarnia-Lambton) was Plank Road in Sarnia.

Ontario’s Top 5 Worst Roads 2022:
1. Barton Street East, Hamilton
2. Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto
3. Barker Street, Prince Edward County
4. County Road 49, Prince Edward County
5. Carling Avenue, Ottawa

To vote, go to CAAWorstRoads.com. Voting is open until April 21.

Gas prices in Ontario will rise today 2 cents to 147.9 cents a litre for most cities.

Last year at this time we were paying an average of 174.4 cents per litre.

Locally, as of 5:30am: Chatham 144.5, Wallaceburg 136, Blenheim 140 and Tilbury at 137.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod