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Quoi de neuf pour les Jeux Olympiques en France en 2024 ?
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Les Jeux olympiques d’été se dérouleront du 26 juillet au 11 août 2024 en France. On attend de nombreuses innovations, aussi bien pour les Jeux que pour la ville de Paris. La Seine Le journal Le Parisien explique comment la ville de Paris va nettoyer la Seine. Ce plan a été créé pour permettre aux…
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What to Expect from Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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The Summer Olympics will take place from July 26 to Aug. 11, 2024 in Paris. There are many expected changes for both the Games and the city of Paris as a result. The Seine In a recent article, Le Parisien revealed that the city of Paris plans to clean the Seine for the upcoming Olympics.…
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Olympic viewership down amidst controversy
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The Olympic Games, since their emergence from antiquity, have been a spectacle. The incredible athletes never fail to arouse the world’s attention as we look on, bewildered by their prowess. But despite this fact remaining unchanged, Olympic Games viewership is down this year in every country except the host nation, China. And while defenders of…
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Waterloo hospitals to receive over 2 million dollars in funding
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Waterloo Region hospitals will soon be benefitting from over 2 million dollars in funding from the provincial government, announced earlier this year. The funds come as part of Ontario’s Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF), with Grand River Hospital awarded 1,555,561 dollars and a further 524,334 dollars earmarked for St. Mary’s Hospital, the two Kitchener hospitals…
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Vogue misrepresents people with disabilities in offensive ad
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Recently, Brazilian Vogue published a feature stating “we are all Paralympians” in an attempt to promote the Rio Paralympic games. As if the statement wasn’t offensive enough already, they photoshopped disabilities onto able-bodied models, removing the female model’s arm and giving the male a photoshopped prosthetic leg. This disgusting display of ignorance is a giant…
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