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Montreal landmarks rebuilt as Lego sculptures gain popularity online – Montreal
22Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Montreal landmarks rebuilt as Lego sculptures gain popularity online – Montreal

From the Orange Julep to Schwartz’s Deli, iconic Montreal landmarks are being recreated using Lego and getting a lot of attention online. Block by block, artist Addy Parsons, better known as, @brickablock on Instagram, has built numerous recognizable city buildings using only the plastic bricks.“It’s a lot of work, for sure,” Parson said.Born and raised in Ontario, Parsons said she fell in love with Montreal’s unique style of architecture while living in the city.Pulling out an old box of Lego bricks and putting her sculpture artistic background to good use, Parsons started clicking the blocks together to recreate buildings near her home in the Plateau neighbourhood.“Whether or not it’s visible, there is a community around them. Playing with and capturing that essence in the form ...
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Stanley Park Easter Train cancelled as miniature railway remains sidelined – BC
20Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Stanley Park Easter Train cancelled as miniature railway remains sidelined – BC

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Children and families won’t be hopping on the Stanley Park Railway this Easter weekend. The Vancouver Park Board has announced that the annual Stanley Park Easter Train event has been “put on pause this year due to required repairs following a recent assessment.” Read more: Park board had offers of help to keep Stanley Park train on track: sources Miniature train service has been derailed since last fall amid what the park board called “mechanical issues affecting the antique engines and passenger cars.”Those issues prompted the board to cancel two other popular seasonal events, the Stanley Park Ghost Grain and the train component of December’s Stan...
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A “Stormy” Political Season May be Coming—“The Sunday Political Brunch”
19Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Politics

A “Stormy” Political Season May be Coming—“The Sunday Political Brunch”

Sunday, March 19, 2023 Mark Curtis, MINDSETTER™   View Larger + Former President Donald Trump PHOTO: GoLocal Donald Trump was the Republican nominee for president in the 2016 and 2020 election cycles, winning once and losing once. Now he’s declared a run for 2024, but he faces a mountain of legal and political troubles that threaten to derail his train. Or does he? Let’s “brunch” on that this week.   “The Eye of the ‘Stormy’” – Former porn star Stormy Daniels met with prosecutors in New York City this past week. The impetus was hush money paid to Daniels by Donald Trump’s organization. Towards the end of Trump’s successful presidential run in 2016, Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen said he paid Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump in...
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Last-minute sponsors step up for Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – BC
16Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Last-minute sponsors step up for Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – BC

Vancouver’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival will proceed as planned, after donors stepped forward at the 11th hour to fill a major funding gap. Festival executive director Michael Dove told CKNW’s The Jill Bennett Show that organizers had been looking at an $80,000 shortfall after a key donor ran into financial difficulties. Read more: Spring has arrived in Metro Vancouver, and that means it’s time for cherry blossoms Last month, the festival announced that lead sponsor Coromandel Properties could not longer contribute because it had recently filed for creditor protection.“We were having to make some big decisions about if we could even go forward this year. Luckily the word got out and a lot of people reached out to us,” Dove told CKNW.The new sponsors include...
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Alan Cross says it’s time to bring back matinee concerts – National
12Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Alan Cross says it’s time to bring back matinee concerts – National

The Beatles played Toronto three times (1964, 1965, and 1966), all at Maple Leaf Gardens. Demand for tickets was huge and the band was on a tight touring schedule. They needed to get in and get out while performing for as many people as possible. Adding a second night wasn’t in the cards so the only thing they could do is play two shows on the same day: the usual evening gig preceded by a matinee performance. In between, they grabbed a bite to eat and held a press conference. Matinees (usually as part of a doubleheader) were common back then. All the early rock pioneers — Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, The Rolling Stones, The Who et al — did them. It was exhausting for the act but the effort made good business sense. Not only did the scheduling of a matinee double a fan’s cha...
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Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters
11Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Politics

Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters

NEW YORK – It wasn't critics, political foes or their bosses that united Fox News stars Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham when they gathered via text message for a gripe session shortly after the 2020 election.It was their own network's news division.“They're pathetic,” Carlson wrote.“THEY AREN'T SMART,” Ingraham emphasized.“What news have they broken the last four years?” Hannity asked.The Nov. 13, 2020, conversation was included among thousands of pages of recently released documents related to Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox for its post-election reporting. Like much of what was uncovered, the exchange ultimately may have little bearing on whether Fox will be judged guilty of libel.Instead, the material offers insight into how Fox's ...
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