January 17, 2024

By: Chris McLeod

17/1/2024

5 Things You Need To Know

January 17th is the 17th day of the year. There are 349 days remaining until the end of the year.


It’s Movie Night at the Capitol Theatre.

Tonight at 2pm or 7pm stop by to see Barbie.

Admission is $7 or flash your movie pass for entry. Check here for more info.


Environment Canada has reinstated an Extreme Cold Warning for Chatham-Kent, Windsor-Essex, Sarnia-Lambton, London and Middlesex County.

The wind chill values are forecast to be near -30C this morning.

Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.


Major League Baseball Spring Training is 27 days away!

Today the IBL Chatham-Kent Barnstormers will find out when they play their first game.

The 2024 IBL schedule will be released at theIBL.ca at 11 a.m.

The Intercounty Baseball League (IBL) is the top-level amateur baseball league in Canada.


There are hopes that the world’s largest skating rink will open this season, but there are no promises.

The 7.8 km Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa did not open last season for the first time in history after a nearly snowless and unusually warm December.

For the skateway to open, the canal needs at least 30 centimetres of ice, which demands 10 to 14 days of weather between -10 C and -20 C.

If the canal does open, it’ll be the 54th skating season.


Oscar Mayer is recruiting the next class of drivers for the Wienermobile.

Hot Doggers will travel throughout the U.S. serving as an Oscar Mayer spokesperson at more than 200 events during the year. Hotdoggers first hit the road in 1936. Their are 6 Weiners in total.

The job offers a competitive salary, to see more check out the job posting.

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