{"id":37922,"date":"2025-04-15T05:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=37922"},"modified":"2025-04-15T06:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T10:12:05","slug":"april-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2025\/04\/april-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"April 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>April 15th is the 105th day of the year. There are 260 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54690 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/ef794108-cksy_5_things_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"90\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Chatham-kent.ca\/library\/Pages\/default.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatham-Kent Public Library<\/a> hosts Movies @ Your Library every Tuesday at the Chatham branch.<\/p>\n<p>Stop by today to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10304142\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amsterdam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Movies start at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/fd341b29-cksy_5_things_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"74\" \/>Donors are needed!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blood.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood donor clinic<\/a> Saturday at the St. Clair College Healthplex 10:30 to 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>No walk-in appointments are available. Book your appointment at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blood.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blood.ca<\/a>, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3acb2f67-cksy_5_things_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"90\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22402\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/08\/8f9b233d-windsor-spitfires.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/08\/8f9b233d-windsor-spitfires.png 1200w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/08\/8f9b233d-windsor-spitfires-768x528.png 768w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/08\/8f9b233d-windsor-spitfires-695x478.png 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ontariohockeyleague.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windsor Spitfires<\/a> are one win away from advancing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/windsorspitfires.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario Hockey League<\/a>&#8216;s Western Conference Final after a 6-3 win in Kitchener on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Spits captain Liam Greentree had 6 points, including 5 goals. He&#8217;s the first OHL-er to score 5 goals in a playoff game since Connor McDavid in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 is Wednesday in Kitchener. If a game 5 is necessary, it will be played in Windsor on Friday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/63a1a3cf-cksy_5_things_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" \/>When you tune in to the Tigers or Blue Jays tonight, you might have a tough time identifying your favourite player.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll all be wearing the same number: 42.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s in honour of Jackie Robinson. 78 years ago today, in 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in a regular season Major League baseball game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37931 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/04\/397ff4b2-jackie-robinson-day-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/04\/397ff4b2-jackie-robinson-day-2025.jpg 715w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/04\/397ff4b2-jackie-robinson-day-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/04\/397ff4b2-jackie-robinson-day-2025-695x691.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/>Fifty years later, in 1997, the Number 42 was permanently retired throughout all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Baseball<\/a>. That was Jackie&#8217;s number when he was with the Brooklyn Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>The last guy to wear it was Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera. He retired in 2013, the same year Chadwick Boseman played Jackie in 42.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3a9171bb-cksy_5_things_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"89\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-21884\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/07\/214eac2c-blue-origin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"60\" \/>Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos&#8217; fianc\u00e9 Lauren Sanchez successfully completed their space flight yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>It was an all-female flight that also included a filmmaker, a former NASA scientist, and a research scientist. They spent a brief time being weightless and floating around the cabin. It was about 10 minutes long and they flew to an altitude of 62 miles\/100 kms, just above what&#8217;s called the Karman Line which is the edge of the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Katy and Gayle kissed the ground upon landing.<br \/>\n[Instagram id=&#8221;DIcLPVCJY3l&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature-695x411.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Never miss a minute of CKMORNINGS! 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