Attawapiskat’s First Elementary School In 14 Years Just Shut Down: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Attawapiskat opened its first elementary school in over a decade in 2014. Now it’s closed indefinitely.
“It had been 14 years since the previous school had closed due to toxic contamination from a ruptured diesel pipe, and this new, $31-million building represented an important new start.
“But less than two years later, the northern Ontario reserve has had to close its new school indefinitely. A sprinkler pipe fell from the ceiling in January, flooding the first floor of the building. Repairs are expected to be completed by Feb. 17, but it’s unclear when classes will resume.”
2. Debate over wearing religious symbols returns to Quebec one week after mosque shooting
“Barely a week after the shootings that took the lives of six worshippers at a Quebec City mosque, the divisive debate over Quebec identity resurfaced in the province and opposition leaders called for rules to limit religious headgear among police officers and other figures.
“Even as Quebec’s National Assembly held a minute of silence for the six Muslim men killed Jan. 29, the opposition signalled it would not refrain from a discussion that had been fingered as contributing to a climate that many in the Muslim community have described as hostile to them.”
3. Total recall: the people who never forget
“If you ask Jill Price to remember any day of her life, she can come up with an answer in a heartbeat. What was she doing on 29 August 1980? ‘It was a Friday, I went to Palm Springs with my friends, twins, Nina and Michelle, and their family for Labour Day weekend,’ she says. ‘And before we went to Palm Springs, we went to get them bikini waxes. They were screaming through the whole thing.’ Price was 14 years and eight months old.”
4. Pittsburgh has finally realized it’s in a toxic relationship with Uber
“The honeymoon is over for Uber and Pittsburgh. After bending over backward to accommodate the ride-sharing company’s driverless car ambitions, city officials are tired of being taken for granted.”
– Quartz
5. All 26 ingredients in Doritos nacho cheese chips, explained
“We’re often told that you should never eat anything if you don’t recognize everything on the ingredients list. But since most of us have no idea what xantham gum or potassium benzoate are — or more importantly, what they’re doing to our bodies — we’re decoding the ingredients in America’s favorite snacks with the help of a food scientist.”
