On Today’s Show
Loblaws is transitioning some of its No Name frozen chicken products from raw to 100 per cent fully cooked and has issued a voluntary recall as result.
The grocery giant cited the potential risk of illness that’s associated with frozen raw chicken products. The transition will affect their frozen chicken nuggets, strips, and burgers.
The recall includes all lot codes, sold on or before February 8, 2019
All affected products have been removed from store shelves and customers can return the product in-store for a full refund.
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The U-S National Retail Foundation says you don’t have to spend a lot to show your Valentine you love them — but it estimates Americans will spend more than 20-billion dollars on Valentine’s Day.
Men are expected to spend more than 300-dollars on their partners, while women are only expected to spend 64-dollars on their significant other.
Experts say there are more economical ways to mark the day such as by cooking dinner together or buying chocolates or flowers, not both.
For Valentine’s Day, Dunkin’ Donuts is doing themed weddings in Vegas complete with a bouquet made from donuts. James Cordon joked that Vegas weddings don’t need more ‘regret’.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Weekend Box Office
1. Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — $35 million
2. What Men Want— $19 million
3. Cold Pursuit— $10.8 million
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Céline Dion is getting her own movie. “The Power of Love” will chronicle her rise to fame from a shy French-Canadian girl to one of the most successful singers of all time. It will also explore her evolving relationship with her manager and husband, the late René Angélil, with whom she began working when she was 12 years old. Dion has apparently given permission to use her full catalog of songs. It is set for a December, 2020 release.
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day”, an annual reminder that everyone screws up now and then. It’s a day to be optimistic, think positive, look on the bright side, and find something good in whatever happens.
- “Inventors Day”, honoring the birth date of prolific inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), who single-handedly patented some 1,200 inventions.
2013 [06] Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from the papacy, the first pontiff to resign in close to 600 years (Pope Gregory XII in 1415)
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
John Anderson‘s comeback album, Seminole Wind, was released in 1992.
Four singles off the album went top 10 including a number one with “Straight Tequila Night”
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RANDOM REPORT
- In Iceland, up until 1987 there was no television at all on Thursdays.
- Because guinea pigs are prone to loneliness, it’s illegal in Switzerland to own just one.
- The US Embassy in Kathmandu has guidelines on what to do if a yeti is found.
- Canada has a maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
Back in 2010, a guy named Jeramy Davies hosted a bone marrow drive as a student at Texas Tech. Then five years later, he got a call that he’d matched with a 27-year-old woman who had cancer. So he decided to donate.
He didn’t find out her name until a year later, then they became friends. Her name is Kelly Ribeiro, she lives in New Jersey, and Jeramy’s bone marrow saved her life.
Sadly, Jeramy’s wife Laura got sick around that time. She’d been fighting brain cancer and was in remission. But then it came back, and she passed away in 2017.
Obviously Jeramy was torn up about it. But Kelly talked to him a lot and helped him through it. Then a little over a year ago, he quit his job and went on a road trip to meet her in New Jersey. And that’s when he found out she was sick AGAIN.
All the chemotherapy had destroyed her kidneys, and she needed a transplant. So Jeramy stepped up a SECOND TIME to donate.
Since she already had his bone marrow, they were literally a perfect match, like being identical twins. The kidney transplant happened in December . . . he saved her life AGAIN . . . and they’re both doing great now.
Back when he donated his bone marrow, Jeramy’s wife said it was the proudest she’d ever been of him. So with that in mind, he says giving Kelly a kidney was an easy choice to make.
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BIRTHDAYS
[85] Tina Louise, actress (“Gilligan’s Island” 1964-1967
[50] Jennifer Aniston, actress (“Friends” 1994-2004)
[27] Taylor Lautner, actor (“Grown Ups 2”, “Twilight Saga” films)
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28 DAYS HATH FEBRUARY:
Why do all the other months have 30 or 31 days, and February has 28, 29 in a good year.
In the 8th century BC, they used the Calendar of Romulus, a 10-month calendar that kicked the year off in March and ended in December. January and February didn’t even exist.
The problem? At that point, the year was only 304 days long. Winter was a nameless, monthless period that no one bothered to name or count. In 713 BC, King Numa Pompilius decided there needed to be a name for the period of time in winter, so he split the calendar into 12 lunar cycles—about 355 days—and introduced January and February.
They were added to the end of the calendar, making February the last month of the year. The Romans believed even numbers were unlucky, so Numa tried to make each month contain an odd number of days. But to reach the quota of 355, one month had to have an even number of days.
February ended up pulling the short stick, probably because it was the last month. After a few more adjustments over the years, we eventually arrived at a 365 day calendar, but February stayed at 28 days (29 in leap years).
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MONDAY FEBRUARY 11TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[85] Tina Louise, actress (“Gilligan’s Island” 1964-1967
[50] Jennifer Aniston, actress (“Friends” 1994-2004)
[27] Taylor Lautner, actor (“Grown Ups 2”, “Twilight Saga” films)
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- NHL
NY Rangers 4 Toronto 1
Winnipeg 3 Buffalo 1
Chicago 5 Detroit 2
- “The Lego Movie 2” won the box office this weekend with $34.4 million, but it was actually expected to do about $15 million to $20 million better than that. “What Men Want”, and Liam Neeson’s“Cold Pursuit” debuted in second and third, respectively.
ALBERT FINNEY has died at the age of 82. He was nominated for five Oscars, including one for playing JULIA ROBERTS’ boss in “Erin Brockovich”. He was also in two of the “Bourne” movies, the 1982 version of “Annie”, and the 1974 adaptation of “Murder on the Orient Express”.
He also won an Emmy for playing Winston Churchill in the 2002 HBO movie “The Gathering Storm”.
- Prince Philip will no longer be getting behind the wheel. Three weeks after his Jan. 17 car crash, Buckingham Palace has announced that the 97-year-old has “voluntarily” decided to give up his driver’s license. A statement released on Saturday says, “After careful consideration, The Duke of Edinburgh has taken the decision to voluntarily surrender his driving licence.” The news that Philip would be surrendering his license came two weeks after he sent an apology letter to a woman who suffered a broken wrist from the crash.
- SETH MYERS……..A new liquor will blend rose’ wine with vodka. Seth jokes it’ll be called
“Uh-oh, Hold My Hair!”
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The $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was won by a ticket holder in British Columbia.
The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw Wednesday will again be approximately $5 million.
No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.
The jackpot for the next draw this Friday will be approximately $16 million.
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2019 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year: “Golden Hour”, Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Song: “Space Cowboy”, Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Album: “Golden Hour”, Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Solo Performance: “Butterflies”, Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group: “Tequila”, Dan Shay
FGL’S TYLER HUBBARD AND WIFE EXPECTING BABY #2
FGL’s Tyler Hubbard is going to be a daddy again!
He and his wife, Hayley, dropped the big news on the red carpet at Clive Davis’ famous pre-Grammy party on Saturday (February 9th) in Los Angeles when he knelt down and kissed Hayley’s very tiny baby bump. The new addition is expected to arrive in late August and will join big sister Olivia, who is one year old.
FGL will perform their new single, “Talk You Out of It,” on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Valentine’s Day (Thursday, February 14th) and The Ellen DeGeneres Show (check local listings) on February 21st.
CARLY PEARCE IS FOCUSED ON ALL THINGS WEDDING
Carly Pearce got engaged to Michael Ray a little over a month ago, and it’s definitely the main topic of conversation these days. [“Ever since I got engaged the number one question I get asked is either, ‘When is the wedding?’ or ‘Have you started wedding planning?’ I’m a girl, I’m wedding planning, looking at all the Pinterest boards, all the colors, all the months, venues, all that stuff. And it is so much fun and such a wonderful time in my life to get to share with my closest girlfriends and my momma and I didn’t know that I cared about it but I totally do.”]
Carly has already found her wedding dress and is making strides in putting the big event together.
