{"id":19505,"date":"2021-04-07T05:55:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=19505"},"modified":"2021-04-07T06:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T10:00:15","slug":"april-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2021\/04\/april-7-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"April 7, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>April 7th is the 97th day of 2021. There are 268 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\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fordnation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario Premier Doug Ford<\/a> is expected to announce a provincewide stay-at-home order later today.<\/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=\"100\" height=\"40\" 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: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>According to several media reports, non-essential retail stores would be limited to curbside pickup.Big-box stores meanwhile will be restricted to essential aisles only \u2014 the first time during the pandemic that such a restriction has been imposed.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s previous stay-at-home order went into effect on January 14th and was lifted nearly two months later on March 8th.<\/p>\n<p>The new restrictions will likely go into effect in the next 24 to 48 hours.<\/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\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11969 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu.png 1975w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/04\/d269f35f-ckphu-695x144.png 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/>Four new positive COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday by <a href=\"https:\/\/ckphu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatham-Kent Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There were 4 recoveries, bring the total active cases drops to 71. Unfortunately there were also 2 deaths reported locally as well.<\/p>\n<p>There were 3,065 positive cases reported in Ontario.<\/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\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19506\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/04\/433b6956-chicago-cubs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/cubs\/news\/fergie-jenkins-to-get-statue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chicago Cubs have announced Chatham&#8217;s Fergie Jenkins will be honoured with a statue outside Wrigley Field.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It could be unveiled as early as 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins: <em>&#8220;It just brings a smile to your face, knowing that you&#8217;re going to be immortal.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jenkins, 78, played 10 of his 19 seasons with the Cubs and became the first Cub to win the National League Cy Young Award back in 1971. He&#8217;s the first (and to this point, the only) Canadian in Baseball&#8217;s Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cMeet Me At The Fergie Statue!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsybfVJGT7\">pic.twitter.com\/IsybfVJGT7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fergie Jenkins (@fergieajenkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fergieajenkins\/status\/1379501562758897664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\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\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aprilthegiraffe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April the Giraffe<\/a> has died.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-foot-tall giraffe who became famous in 2017 when the Animal Adventure Park began livestreaming the final stretch of her 16-month pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19502 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/04\/be9283c6-animal-adventure-park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/>Millions of YouTube viewers livestreamed footage of the then-pregnant April. 1.2 million viewers alone watched her give birth to a male calf named Tajiri, which means hope and confidence in the Swahili language. That was April\u2019s fourth pregnancy. At the time, April\u2019s giraffe cam was the second most live-viewed channel in the history of YouTube, with north of 232 million hits between February and May of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>April was 20 and had to be euthanized due to her worsening arthritis. She will be cremated and her ashes will be returned to Animal Adventure Park.<br \/>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dz_errIBq3Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/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 sealed copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo<\/a> video game <a href=\"https:\/\/mario.nintendo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Mario Bros.<\/a> sold at auction on Friday for a $660,000!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1435\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/11\/5f1d5ba3-mario.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"62\" \/>It&#8217;s the most ever paid for a video game. The NES cartridge was purchased as a Christmas gift in 1986, and was untouched until the seller found it earlier this year in a desk drawer.<\/p>\n<p>It is also one of the earliest copies of the game to be shrink-wrapped instead of having a sticker seal, according to the auction company. This particular version of the game first went on sale in 1986, but Nintendo changed the packaging in early 1987, so only a relatively small number were sold.<\/p>\n<p>The buyer has not been identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 7th is the 97th day of 2021. There are 268 days remaining until the end of the year. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce a provincewide stay-at-home order later today. 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