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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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Paralympic swimmer Alec Elliot is headed to Rio
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Wilfrid Laurier University swim coach, Hans Witolla, took a long pause as he searched for the correct words to describe Paralympic hopeful and Laurier swimmer, Alec Elliot. “Not only has he found that one thing that he can be great at,” said Witolla. “But he has figured out exactly how to do that thing.” As…
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LRT delayed due to Bombardier vehicle production
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The Region of Waterloo has confirmed that the Light Rail Transit will no longer be up and running by late 2017, like they had initially hoped. Due to issues with Bombardier, the company that is manufacturing the actual vehicles, LRT operations have been delayed until early 2018. Regional Councillor Tom Galloway, who is also chair…
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