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Pixar is certainly giving us an explosion of color with the official trailer for its newest film, Elemental.
Actress Catherine O’Hara accompanies Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie and Ronnie del Carmen, who lend their voices to the main characters.
This animated film will introduce us to the residents of Element City!
Elemental is expected in theaters in time for the start of the summer vacations, on June 16.
Naomi Osaka, the 25-year-old tennis superstar, was all smiles in her home country of Japan, where she shared some photos of her “baby bump”!
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Let’s remember that last January, Osaka announced that she was expecting her first child, and then put her networks in radio silence mode.
She also made fun of herself by saying she was too introverted since the beginning of her pregnancy, while having fun saying that it took Rihanna to get her out of the house, after attending the Super Bowl and the singer’s superb maternal demonstration last February!
Unsurprisingly, this Osaka outing has garnered a ton of positive reactions from the mom-to-be’s followers!
One thing remains certain, if the baby-to-be is anything like her mom, she will certainly be one of the most stylish kids on the planet, right?
On November 20th, Santa Claus will once again show up at Quartier Dix30, on Avenue des Lumières.
It’s a return for Mr. Claus to this location after a two-year absence due to the pandemic!
His appearance on November 20th will mark the official launch of the holiday festivities in a VERY busy neighbourhood. Starting at 11:00 a.m., children and adults alike will be able to watch performers and the arrival of Santa Claus.
Several tricks will be put in place to charm everyone who comes to the Dix30: dream hunters with bagpipes, urban dances, a magical procession and shimmering music.
Add to this line-up the dream chasing birds, the beautifully dressed puppets on stilts that will move in “a choreographed march, punctuated by magical moments and mischief”.
The nutcrackers will also walk around, they are an inescapable symbol of Christmas.
In short, a little “pro” advice, arrive in advance if you want to meet this character with a white beard and a rounded belly because his charisma attracts a ton of people.
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Quebec classrooms could all be equipped with an air purifier to be assembled for about a hundred dollars per classroom. That’s what this Radio-Canada article explains in which we discover the Corsi-Rosenthal box that was designed to reduce the risks of transmission of COVID-19.
The principle behind this do-it-yourself air purifier is to reduce the virus particles that people breathe by adding a few filters to a ventilation system. The first model made by one of the two co-inventors, Richard Corsi, was later improved by Jim Rosenthal, the president and CEO of a filter company in Texas. The two engineers then designed an air purifier that is quite simple to assemble and can effectively clean the air (a University of California study looked at this).
The box consists of four MERV13 filters and a square fan. The whole thing is taped together. Ideally, the filters should be replaced every six months. This video shows how to assemble a Corsi-Rosenthal box.
In Quebec, there are currently no plans to use the Corsi-Rosenthal box. However, a few people have decided to install the boxes in certain schools in Quebec. This is the case for Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School in Gatineau. The school received a government grant to purchase the boxes. Moreover, the construction of the air purifiers could be a very interesting activity to do with the students!
What do you think of this original solution to air quality in classrooms?
However, there is little chance that it will make its way to Canada.
The first case of polio in ten years has been detected in the United States, in the state of New York. The individual likely contracted the disease through contact with a person who received the oral polio vaccine (OPV).
It is important to note that OPV can infect other people because it travels through the body and is excreted in the feces. The person who has received the vaccine can then transmit it via their feces or respiratory secretions since the virus can live in the throat for some time. Considering this, OPV has not been administered for more than twenty years in the United States and Canada. The individual who caused the infection reported in New York could therefore have come from a country where OPV is still given.
The alert was therefore sounded in the State of New York in order to monitor the possible evolution of new cases, as reported by CNN.
A call for vaccination has also been issued for anyone who is not already immune to the disease. Polio was virtually eradicated worldwide following a historic vaccination effort between the 1950s and 1970s. The vaccine has been part of the regular vaccination schedule for children in Quebec for decades.
Despite this alarming news, Dr. Valérie Lamarre, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, believes that this is not a risk for Canada, but we must obviously remain vigilant and promote vaccination among parents of young children, Le Devoir reports.
“We will see these cases appear from time to time. Go get your vaccines, these diseases are preventable,” said Dr. Lamarre.