{"id":12115,"date":"2020-04-30T05:55:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T09:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=12115"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:18:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T12:18:02","slug":"april-30-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2020\/04\/april-30-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"April 30, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 30th is the 121st day of the year. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"\"Chatham-Kent\u2019s temporary COVID-19 isolation shelter has opened at the John D Bradley Centre. The shelter has beds available for any person in need.<\/p>\n

The Employment and Social Services division opened the doors Wednesday for community members who are experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n

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New residents are screened for suitability 7 days a week 8am-10pm. After-hours support is continuing to be offered by the Homeless Response Line. Individuals can reach the line by calling 519.354.6628.<\/p>\n

For more information visit Chatham-Kent.ca\/ess<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\"\"The Canadian Armed Forces<\/a> is sending Snowbirds<\/a> aerobatics team on a cross-country tour to boost Canadians morale.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Trudeau made the announcement Wednesday morning. The flyovers will begin in Nova Scotia this weekend and work their way west throughout the week.<\/p>\n

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We are heading across the country to salute all Canadians doing their part to fight the spread of Covid-19. Our routes (posted here!) will target hospitals and residential neighbourhoods. More: https:\/\/t.co\/zp8vIoDVnm<\/a>. #cfsnowbirds<\/a> #rcaf<\/a> #ThankYouHealthWorkers<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/z4K3UhcfY8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CF Snowbirds (@CFSnowbirds) April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"\"\"\"The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> are now offering refunds for cancelled baseball games due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Refunds and account credits will be available for games scheduled in March, April and May.<\/p>\n

Additional information on refunds can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MLB<\/a> finally allowed teams to begin issuing refunds earlier this week. There is still hope an abbreviated season can be played this year.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Amazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos<\/a> is paying engineers and contractors a lot of money to build a massive, multi-room clock inside a mountain in West Texas.<\/p>\n

\"\"The clock will tell time for the next 10,000 years. The clock is designed to tick just once a year and chime once per millennium. It’ll be 500 feet tall, and “all mechanical, powered by day \/ night thermal cycles, and synchronized at solar noon.”<\/p>\n

So far, the clock has cost $42 million to build.<\/p>\n

Bezos explained the clock as a way to remind people that the far future not only exists, but will happen to their descendants.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\"\"If you\u2019ve run out of shows to watch on Netflix, switch over to YouTube for the Drain Addict. The YouTube channel devoted exclusively to an Australian plumber\u2019s adventures unclogging drains.<\/p>\n

Drain Addict has over 400 videos on the channel, and over 200,000 subscribers. Check out his channel here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 30th is the 121st day of the year. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year. Chatham-Kent\u2019s temporary COVID-19 isolation shelter has opened at the John D Bradley Centre. The shelter has beds available for any person in need. The Employment and Social Services division opened the doors Wednesday for community","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30,100,2099,1406,26,1821,1822,2102,99,64,123,240,2100,2101,66,459],"class_list":["post-12115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things-you-need-to-know","tag-5thingsyouneedtoknow","tag-amazon","tag-canadian-forces","tag-canadian-forces-snowbirds","tag-ckmornings","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-drain-addicts","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-mlb","tag-municipality-of-chatham-kent","tag-netflix","tag-snowbirds","tag-tickets","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-youtube"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 11:45:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/943cksy.com\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2020\/04\/april-30-2020\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12130,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12115\/revisions\/12130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}