{"id":4543,"date":"2019-04-29T05:55:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T09:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2019-04-29T05:19:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T09:19:37","slug":"april-29-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2019\/04\/april-29-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"April 29, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1075 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/10\/063719a8-canadian-blood-services.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"40\" \/>There\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/blood.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blood Donor Clinic<\/a> at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre (Dresden) tomorrow from 5-8.<\/p>\n<p>New donors and walk ins are welcome. Book your appointment now at <a href=\"https:\/\/blood.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood.ca<\/a>, use the apps or call 1-888-2-DONATE.<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4154796\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avengers: Endgame<\/a> is even bigger than expected bringing in a $350 million across North America at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribute.ca\/movies\/boxoffice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">box office<\/a> in it&#8217;s debut this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4314 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/04\/074d783b-avengers-endgame.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/04\/074d783b-avengers-endgame.png 890w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/04\/074d783b-avengers-endgame-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/04\/074d783b-avengers-endgame-695x270.png 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/>It made $1.2 billion worldwide. Both those numbers shatter the previous records, which were both set by Avengers: Infinity War last year.<\/p>\n<p>The superhero movie \u2014 the 22nd in a series from Disney\u2019s Marvel Studios \u2014 was the #1 movie in at least 54 countries.<\/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\" \/>We&#8217;re officially on Royal Baby Watch. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting their first child any day now.<\/p>\n<p>An ambulance and a helicopter are parked outside their home so they can whisk her to the hospital once she goes into labour.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry was out cheering on runners at the London Marathon over the weekend, we&#8217;re assuming with a cell phone close by!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwzO282BOyY\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/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\" \/>A transplant organ has been delivered by drone for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>They did it at a hospital in Baltimore ten days ago, and it was a kidney. It flew through the city for three miles, a little after midnight. The University of Maryland put it together, and the cops and the FAA signed off.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re calling it a pioneering breakthrough, because 2,700 kidneys get thrown out every year because they can&#8217;t get them to patients fast enough.<\/p>\n<p>The kidney went to a 44-year-old woman who&#8217;d been on dialysis for eight years. She was released from the hospital four days later.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For the first time ever, a drone delivered a human organ for transplant.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor who performed the kidney transplant surgery explains to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartinSavidge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartinSavidge<\/a> why it\u2019s such a big deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JOHtvZQj7x\">pic.twitter.com\/JOHtvZQj7x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1122191237036105729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\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.fox.com\/the-simpsons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Simpson&#8217;s<\/a> episode, titled D\u2019Oh Canada, aired last night.<\/p>\n<p>In one scene, Lisa is recovering in a Canadian hospital with an RCMP officer in uniform at her bedside. He tells Lisa that while in Canada she would be \u201cassigned her own hockey team.\u201d Lisa responded by crossing her fingers and repeatedly praying \u201cplease not Ottawa,\u201d before the Mountie put a Senators cap on her head and apologized for the disappointment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/04\/eb0778ac-simpsons-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"50\" \/>The episode highlighted many Canadian sports stereotypes including a shot of children with curling brooms, and featured another scene with a Stanley Cup-designed lamp sitting on a sidetable and a rug covered with Quebec Nordiques logos.<\/p>\n<p>The Simpsons visit Niagara Falls and, through a series of mishaps, Lisa goes over the powerful flow of water that separates Ontario and New York. She lands on the Canadian side and is admitted to hospital, where she is made an honourary Senators fan while learning about Canadian healthcare coverage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marge is going places. Tag along on her journey to the frozen north: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W71efo62cO\">https:\/\/t.co\/W71efo62cO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheSimpsons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheSimpsons<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e2YYY3qhwH\">pic.twitter.com\/e2YYY3qhwH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSimpsons\/status\/1122705817277489153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a Blood Donor Clinic at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre (Dresden) tomorrow from 5-8. New donors and walk ins are welcome. Book your appointment now at blood.ca, use the apps or call 1-888-2-DONATE. 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