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WBFO Brief Aug. 20, 2021

In today’s WBFO brief, a longtime fixture in the Niagara Falls economy is shutting down its remaining manufacturing operations; Buffalo Police are turning to billboards and cash rewards to solve numerous homicides; a GOP gubernatorial hopeful comes to Buffalo to discuss Albany corruption; Western New Yorkers express their concern for Afghan refugees and bringing them to safety; local community activists push for the advancement of the Green New Deal; WBFO’s Emyle Watkins tells us about linking COVID vaccinations to people living with disabilities; the City of Toronto requires city workers to be fully vaccinated by the end of October; Peter Hall and Anthony chase bring us this week’s edition of Theater Talk.