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April 5, 2022

By: Chris McLeod

5/4/2022

5 Things You Need To Know

April 5th is the 95th day of the year. There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year.


There’s a blood donor clinic this afternoon in Dresden at the arena.

No walk-in appointments are available, you’ll need to book your appointment at Blood.ca, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.

The clinic is open 2-7pm.

There’s a clinic in Chatham next Tuesday and Wallaceburg the week after. For times and dates go to Blood.ca.


The Chatham branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library hosts Movies @ Your Library.

Movies start at 2pm. Book your spot now to see Amelie.

Space for this program is limited and registration is required.


The Chatham Maroons will play the Komoka Kings in the Western Conference quarter-final in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

The Maroons will host game 1 on tonight at 7pm at Chatham Memorial Arena.

The box office will open at 6pm. Tickets cost $11 for adults and $5 for children from five to 11 years old.

The Maroons finished the season in third place, Komoka finished 6th.

Full schedule:
Game 1: Tuesday April 5th 7:00pm
Game 2: Saturday April 9th 7:15pm
Game 3: Sunday April 10th 3:30pm
Game 4: Wednesday April 13th 7:45pm
Game 5*: Friday April 15th 3:00pm
Game 6*: Saturday April 16th 7:15pm
Game 7*: Sunday April 17th 2:00pm
*if necessary


So who won your office pool? The Kansas Jayhawks won their fourth NCAA title last night over North Carolina.

Kansas was down 16-points at halftime.


Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought a 9% stake in Twitter and is now the social media site’s largest shareholder.

Elon’s 73.5 million share purchase cost about US$3 billion.

It’s unclear just when Musk bought the stake, but with Twitter stocks rising, it’s already paying off for him.

Musk has also raised the possibility with his 80 million loyal Twitter following, that he could create a rival social media network.

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