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Montreal landmarks rebuilt as Lego sculptures gain popularity online – Montreal
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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 ...
Experience Regina apologizes for ‘misogynistic’ rebrand slogans
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Experience Regina apologizes for ‘misogynistic’ rebrand slogans

What started out as an attempt for a rebrand in Regina has backfired, with some people calling out Experience Regina’s slogans as misogynistic. Experience Regina, the newly rebranded Tourism Regina, launched its rebrand on Friday with slogans like “Let’s make Regina sexy,” and “Show us your Regina.” A screenshot of the Experience Regina website before they got rid of the slogans following the backlash. Regina Reddit While some people found the new approach humorous, many people took to Twitter to call the rebranding sexist and misogynistic, and calling for an end to the rebrand. Story continues below advertisement “We need to know where and when you got positive feedback for this rebranding? H...
A “Stormy” Political Season May be Coming—“The Sunday Political Brunch”
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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...
How far can China and Russia’s ‘no limits’ partnership go? | Politics News
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How far can China and Russia’s ‘no limits’ partnership go? | Politics News

PodcastPodcast, The TakeBeijing has continued to stand by Russia even after the invasion of Ukraine, but it’s paying the price for this support. China has been Russia’s “rock solid” partner throughout the conflict in Ukraine. It has refused to condemn the fighting and, according to the United States, is in negotiations to send weapons to the front lines. And the Chinese president seems to share a close friendship with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But at the same time, China is emerging from its zero-COVID lockdowns and trying to reach out again to the rest of the world. How will the world’s second-largest economy balance its competing interests, and what role can it play in bringing peace to Ukraine? In this episode:  Katrina Yu (@katmyu), Al Jazeera’s China correspondent Episode credits...
University of Montevallo opens free mental health wellness clinic for public
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University of Montevallo opens free mental health wellness clinic for public

MONTEVALLO, Ala. (WBRC) - The University of Montevallo is now offering free mental health and counseling services to the public.The Grainger Community Counseling and Wellness Clinic is in the middle of their first full week of being open. The director says they have two main goals: to train students and to help the public.Dr. Latofia Parker says they want people to have good mental wellbeing.“Our philosophy of counseling is that if people are mentally well, then most other areas in their life kind of flow,” she adds.They are offering general counseling, group counseling, couples and family counseling, along with marriage counseling. They hope to start grief counseling and grief groups soon. The clinic also provides virtual sessions and a play therapy room for young kids, giving everyone...
Fitness Circuit Brings Your Own Virtual Trainer To Switch This May
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Fitness Circuit Brings Your Own Virtual Trainer To Switch This May

Image: Spike ChunsoftPublisher Spike Chunsoft has today announced that it will be bringing exercise back to the Switch as Fitness Circuit powers its way onto the console on 26th May. Remember back in the early days of the global pandemic when everyone turned to Switch games like Ring Fit Adventure to maintain some sense of daily exercise? It served as a nice reminder that the console is not all about playing from the sofa in docked mode or in handheld from bed (though it is great for that too), but it can also get us moving. Fitness Circuit looks set to prove that once again, with the mentality of doing little and often trumping long and intense workouts. The series of circuit sessions are designed to be suitable for all body types and have no more requirements than a little space to m...