{"id":21586,"date":"2021-04-07T09:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=21586"},"modified":"2021-04-07T05:17:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:17:34","slug":"on-todays-show-581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/04\/on-todays-show-581\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today’s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u27a2<\/span> The Chicago Cubs are building a statue of Ferguson Jenkins outside Wrigley Field to honour the Canadian pitcher who is from Chatham. He will be the fifth person honoured with a statue by the Cubs. Ernie Banks, Ron Santo and Billy Williams, as well as broadcaster Harry Caray, are the others. The 78-year-old Jenkins was the first Canadian elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1991.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fergie said \u201cI am deeply honoured to share this with my family, friends and teammates. Meet me at the Fergie statue next year so we can celebrate together\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u27a2<\/span>\u00a0 In a speech on 7 April 2020, Prime Minister Trudeau states that he is not a medical expert. He encourages Canadians to avoid going out, practice social distancing by staying two metres apart, wash their hands and cough into their elbows to prevent spreading COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u27a2 <\/span>An 82-year-old woman in Tulsa is a\u00a0<\/span>hit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0online after she dressed up for virtual church every Sunday for a year, and posted selfies to encourage people to keep the faith.\u00a0 (Here’s part of an\u00a0<\/span>interview<\/span><\/a>\u00a0she did this week.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u27a2<\/span> Anyone who\u2019s leaped into the world of spreadsheets knows how daunting \u201cExcel\u201d can be. But if you excel at Excel, you can make some big bucks. The Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is a global competition that tests students\u2019 skills on Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint. To compete, you must be enrolled in an approved academic institution, and between the ages of 13-22. For the upcoming 2021 contest, the third-place winner will get $1,500, The second-place winner will receive $3,500, and the first-place winner nabs a whopping $7,500, a trophy, medal, certificate and other prizes supplied by Microsoft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u27a2<\/span> \u201cFriends\u201d star David Schwimmer has confirmed that he will be shooting the hugely anticipated cast reunion this week in Los Angeles. The gang \u2014 Schwimmer plus Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry \u2014 will reassemble on the same stage at the Warner Bros. lot where they filmed the sitcom for 10 seasons, from 1994 to 2004. They were originally scheduled to reunite much earlier, but the project, titled \u201cThe One Where They Got Back Together,\u201d which was announced in November 2019, was delayed due to the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/b><\/p>\n