On today’s show:
- It’s time to honour the people who are there when we just need to go: World Facilities Management Day.
- When you can’t visit someone directly, brighten their day with flowers: Bring Flowers To Someone Day.
- Saturday is Waiters’ Day, so remember to tip generously.
- Sunday is, ironically, both Work From Home Day and World Baking Day, so make the best of it.
- Sunday is also World Telecommunications Day, so it’s a good time to remember to call your Aunt.
- Additionally, there are a lot of people who suffer the stupidity and danger of close-minded fools who can’t accept people who love people, so remember to fight stigma and violence on Sunday for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
- Monday is a holiday (Victoria Day), so remember to take the day off. While you’re at it, order from a local restaurant to celebrate No Dirty Dishes Day.
- The Delta Marriott Fredericton is panning to open a drive-in movie theatre complete with car-side food service in June. It’s not nostalgia: it’s necessity!
- The UNB Art Centre is hosting another Design Works Wednesday next week. This time, it’s about making Creative Egg Carton Gardens.
- Bondo Picked One More Cup of Coffee by Jessica Rhaye‘s album of Bob Dylan covers in 2019.
- I picked a couple of songs from the joint The Cap/CHSR fundraiser album, Postponed: The Mixtape: My Black Ram, with Sweet Time and Rory Taillon with Alone.
- We featured a couple of older interviews on today’s show, covering two things we need today more than ever: farmers and kindness.
- Lucia Stephen, ACORN (2013)
- Tim Fox on Random Act of Kindness Day (2014)
COVID-19 update:
- Public Health reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, leaving New Brunswick’s total number of cases to 120.
- Education minister Dominic Cardy says a new guide is available for parents online with questions about their younger children returning to daycare facilities on May 19.
- Child care facilities have the choice to stagger their openings or not open at all.
- The City of Fredericton will start sharing gardening knowhow in the next few weeks as part of an initiative to get folks out of the house.
- Students can start applying for the Canada Emergency Student Benefit today — the portal opened at 7 a.m.
- The Bank of Canada’s Financial System Review has declared that Canadian banks have stayed resilient during the pandemic and are prepared for the worst-case scenarios.
- Prime Minister Trudeau announced Ottawa will invest $469 million to help fish harvesters across the country and encourages Canadians to support their local food industry.
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