SOME GOOD NEWS
In 2020 this Canadian province purchased a hotel in the capital of Victoria to house its homeless population
British Columbia
In the mid-1990s CALCampus became one of the first schools to offer real-time college courses this way
online
In 2017 there were plenty of robotic performances in "The Last Knight", a continuation of this action film series
Transformers
In a standard Monopoly game, there are 32 green houses & 12 of these that are red
hotels
Plant burrs sticking to a dog's fur inspired Swiss inventor George de Mestral to create this fastener brand
velcro
Looking for a Jigglypuff on this app craze led a pair of players to "go" save a wounded puppy--awwww...
Pokemon Go
It means the beginning of, often in regards to an illness
onset
Steve Carell voiced the main character & also his twin brother Dru, who was up to no good in this "3"
Despicable Me
A case file envelope is put in the middle of this game's board, which has 9 rooms
To find the bullet in James Garfield, Alexander Graham Bell created an early one of these, but mattress springs confused it
a metal detector
In 2020, a pygmy one of these--an endangered species--was born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time in over 30 years
a hippo
In the title of a hymn, it precedes "Christian Soldiers"; also a Disney movie
Onward
It was more park & less rec for this actor who was back as Owen in "Jurassic World: "Fallen Kingdom"
Chris Pratt
This Hasbro game has infantry, cavalry & artillery pieces in different colors
Risk
In 1830 Edwin Budding patented the mechanical this for the "cropping or shearing" of "grass-plats and pleasure grounds"
the lawn mower
A therapy dog named Moose got an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine from this school based in Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
It's a synonym for observer or spectator
onlooker
Computer & TV screen images are made of these, the title of a 2015 movie about video game characters attacking Earth
pixels
Harry, Henry, Homer & Happy were the original names of these triply alliterative marble munchers
the Hungry Hungry Hippos
Christopher Cockerell invented these air-cushioned English Channel ferries
hovercrafts
A city in Costa Rica has given citizenship to bees due to this role they play in the ecosystem
pollinators
This 10-letter word is used for the process of orienting & integrating a new employee into a company
onboarding
Voiced by Kevin Hart: Voicing Snowball, I had an announcement to make in this 2016 animated film: "Death is coming to Brooklyn and it's got buck teeth and a cotton tail"
The Secret Life of Pets
2, 4, 8, 16, 32 & 64 are marked on the die called a doubling cube in this game
backgammon
Last name of the 19th century Belgian who never heard of jazz but invented one of its main instruments
Sax