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March 6, 2023

By: Chris McLeod

6/3/2023

5 Things You Need To Know

March 6th is the 65th day of the year. There are 300 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham-Kent Film Group will screen Emily at Chatham Galaxy Cinemas this afternoon.

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

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

The next film screening will be held on Monday, April 3rd.

Local playoff hockey…

The Chatham Maroons got a much needed win last night, shutting out Lasalle 4-0 at Memorial Arena. The Vipers still lead the series 2 games to 1. Game 4 is Wednesday in Lasalle.

The Tilbury Bluebirds have a 2-0 lead over the Plattsville Lakers after two wins on the weekend. 7-4 at home Saturday and a 5-4 overtime win on Sunday in Plattsville.

Game 3 in the first round of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League playoffs is Saturday back in Tilbury.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced Sunday that they will honour former outfielder José Bautista by placing him on the Blue Jays Level of Excellence.

Bautista was traded to the Blue Jays from the Pittsburgh Pirates in August 2008 and his career took off.

In 2010 he set the single-season home run record with 54 home runs, still a franchise record. Hitting 288 home runs as a Blue Jay, Bautista is second on the Jays all time list.

His most iconic moment came during Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS against the Texas Rangers, where Bautista hammered a go-ahead three homer and celebrated with a bat flip.

The Jays will honour Bautista during a special pregame ceremony on Saturday, August 12th.

Nordstrom is closing all of its Canadian stores.

There are six Nordstrom and seven Nordstrom Rack stores in Canada and they will be gone by late June. Nordstrom.ca was shut down immediately.

Nordstrom, an upscale department store chain sold a mix of designer goods, first expanded to Canada in 2012.

Nordstrom Canada gift cards will continue to be honoured to the end of the liquidation period, they are no longer available for purchase.

The 2023 Iditarod kicked off Sunday in Willow Lake, Alaska.

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual long-distance sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome. Thirty-three Mushers and their team of between 12 and 14 dogs, cover the distance in 8 to 15 days or more. The Iditarod began in 1973.

The race is really a reconstruction of the freight route to Nome and commemorates the part that sled dogs played in the settlement of Alaska.

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