{"id":11779,"date":"2020-04-09T05:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T09:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=11779"},"modified":"2020-04-09T06:05:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T10:05:46","slug":"april-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2020\/04\/april-9-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"April 9, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>April 9th is the 100th day of the year. There are 266 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54690\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/ef794108-cksy_5_things_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"90\" \/>It will be a long weekend for essential workers across the province.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11310 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/03\/f4ae33f5-ontario-govt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/03\/f4ae33f5-ontario-govt.png 3600w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/03\/f4ae33f5-ontario-govt-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/03\/f4ae33f5-ontario-govt-695x278.png 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ontario.ca\/page\/premier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier Doug Ford<\/a> announced yesterday that all stores will be closed on Friday and Sunday. Ford said that these essential workers \u201cdeserve a break and some quality time with their families\u201d on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/fd341b29-cksy_5_things_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"74\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/Garbage and recycling pick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garbage and recycling pick<\/a> up will not take place on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Pickup will be on Saturday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3acb2f67-cksy_5_things_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"90\" \/>A 17-year-old kid near Seattle named Avi Schiffmann started a website in late December that tracks coronavirus cases around the world in real time.<\/p>\n<p>You can check it out at <a href=\"https:\/\/ncov2019.live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nCoV2019.live<\/a>. He intentionally included how many patients have recovered in each country, so people won&#8217;t just focus on the negative.<\/p>\n<p>The site gets about 30 million visits per day. Avi says he&#8217;s been offered $8 million to advertise on his site, but has turned it down.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/63a1a3cf-cksy_5_things_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" \/>Missing the ole ball game?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1217 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/10\/e3a6274b-boston-red-sox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/>The organist from <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.com\/redsox\/ballpark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fenway Park<\/a> is playing live online for 30 minutes a day. Josh Kantor gets behind his organ and plays each day at 3pm from a room in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Kantor streams the show on Facebook Live, and he calls it <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/7thinningstretch2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7th-Inning Stretch<\/a>.\u00a0 He&#8217;ll even take requests through Facebook or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtkantor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3a9171bb-cksy_5_things_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"89\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hersheys.com\/twizzlers\/en_us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twizzlers<\/a> are going to be sold without their famous ridges for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11806 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/04\/96276d6f-twizzlers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"35\" \/>The new untwisted version called Izzlers.<\/p>\n<p>They are available in some stores now, check them out the next time you brave the grocery store crowds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 9th is the 100th day of the year. 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