March 8, 2023
March 8th is the 67th day of the year. There are 298 days remaining until the end of the year.
Come out and connect at the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce BIZconneCKt Networking Event at Boston Pizza (780 St. Clair St., Chatham) tonight.
Boston Pizza and WFCU Credit Union are cohosting the evening.
Complimentary appetizers and a chance to win a $50 gift card.
Formerly known as Business After Hours, you’re invited to come out from 5-6:30.
The Chatham Maroons play game 4 of their GOJHL Western Conference quarter-final against the Vipers in Lasalle at 7 tonight. Lasalle leads the series 2 games to 1. Game 5 is also in Lasalle on Friday. A win in either game, brings the Maroons home to Memorial Arena on Sunday night.
The PJHL playoffs began last night.
The full schedules have been released for all four Chatham-Kent teams in the Provincial Junior Hockey League playoffs.
The Dresden Kings will play the second seeded Lakeshore Canadiens in round one. Game one was last night and Lakeshore won 6-0.
Full schedule:
GM 2: March 8 at Lambton-Kent Memorial Centre at 7:30pm.
GM 3: March 10 at Lambton-Kent Memorial Centre at 7:30pm.
GM 4: March 12 at Atlas Tube Centre at 5:30pm.
GM 5: March 14 at Atlas Tube Centre at 7pm.*
GM 6: March 15 at Lambton-Kent Memorial Centre at 7:30pm.*
GM 7: March 17 at Atlas Tube Centre at 7pm.
* (if needed)
The Wallaceburg Thunderhawks are the eighth seed and will have to play the top-seeded Essex 73’s in the first round. Game one was all Essex, winning 9-0.
Full schedule:
March 8 at Wallaceburg Memorial Arena at 7:30pm.
March 10 at Wallaceburg Memorial Arena at 8pm.
March 11 at Essex Centre Complex at 3pm.
March 14 at Essex Centre Complex at 7pm.*
March 15 at Wallaceburg Memorial Arena at 7:30pm.*
March 19 at Essex Centre Complex at 2pm.*
* (if needed)
The Wheatley Omstead Sharks are the third seed and will take on sixth seed Amherstburg in round one. Game one is tonight in Wheatley at 7:30pm.
Full schedule:
March 9 at Libro Centre at 7pm.
March 11 at Wheatley Area Arena 4:30pm.
March 12 Libro Centre at 7pm.
March 15 at Wheatley Area Arena at 7:30pm.*
March 16 at Libro Centre at 7pm.*
March 18 at Wheatley Area Arena at 4:30pm.*
* (if needed)
The Blenheim Blades are the fourth seed and will play fifth seeded Mooretown. Game one is set for Thursday in Blenheim at 7pm.
Full schedule:
March 11 at Mooretown Sports Complex at 7:30pm.
March 12 at Blenheim Memorial Arena at 7pm.
March 15 at Mooretown Sports Complex at 7:30pm.
March 16 at Blenheim Memorial Arena at 7pm.*
March 18 at Mooretown Sports Complex at 7:30pm.*
March 19 at Blenheim Memorial Arena at 7pm.*
* (if needed)
Today is International Women’s Day, part of Women’s History Month. The goal is to bring attention to women’s accomplishments and obstacles around the world.
International Women’s Day was first suggested at a 1910 women’s conference in Copenhagen by activist Clara Zetkin. The first “IWD” was observed in Germany the next year.
It’s a national holiday in China and Russia, where female workers are presented with flowers and gifts.
This year’s theme is DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.
The 2023 World Baseball Classic started Tuesday.
Baseball’s version of the World Cup is back for the first tournament since 2017, when Team USA won its first WBC championship. This version was originally supposed to be played in 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada plays in Pool C out of Phoenix, Arizona. Canada will play Great Britain on Sunday at 3pm on Sportsnet.
The championship game is set for Tuesday, March 21st in Miami.
Representing Team Canada. #WorldBaseballClassic pic.twitter.com/E9H1eB0kKH
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 8, 2023
Toblerone has been a Swiss chocolate brand for 115 years and since the 1970s, they’ve used Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn mountain as their logo. But Switzerland is forcing them to drop it.
Toblerone recently announced that they are moving some production out of the country later this year to Slovakia. They say they need to increase production to keep up with demand.
But Switzerland has laws where you can’t use any “Swissness” on your packaging, including their flag or any iconic imagery like the Matterhorn, unless the product is exclusively Swiss.
So Toblerone is swapping out the distinctive outline of the Matterhorn for a generic triangular mountain shape.
They also have to remove the thing about Toblerone being “Swiss chocolate,” so they’re replacing it with, “Established in Switzerland in 1908.”
