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What, what! It’s Feel Good Friday!
So I don’t really know what a robot dance party has to do with this week, but there was LOTS of great news this week, so, robot dance party!
U.S. patent office cancels Washington’s NFL team’s logo because it’s super racist, Canada gets its first cat cafe (brb, going to Toronto), Immigration Minister Chris Alexander gets caught up in his talking points and a bear receives a little help.
Need more? No problem!
We’ve got all the goods news you need.
Read on happy people:
- Well what do you know, the Alberta government has scrapped the P3 funding model for new schools
- It’s official. Vancouver School Board formally adopts transgender policy
- And with that, they have introduced gender-neutral pronouns
- Take that, racism! In a landmark decision, U.S. patent office cancels trademark for the Washington Redskins
- Sometimes our bear friends need a little help too. Or more specifically, a ladder
- Ahahaha! Everything about the headline is amazing: “Could this old rubber boot do a better job as Justice Minister than Peter MacKay?” Uh, yeah
- Do you read dating columns like they’re going out of style? Well, luckily rabble’s dating column is cool and in style, and right here
- Immigration Minister Chris Alexander hangs up on CBC’s As It Happens. Yeah. It feels good because the Conservatives seem to be getting caught up in their own crap. Also notable: the difference in his voice pre-hang up and post-hang up. Sounds like some got some talking points!
- Big buzz around this movie “Dear White People.” Add it to your summer movie watching list!
- This 11 year old invented an ‘unbreakable cup’! What?! That’s awesome! When I was 11, I was still learning how to drink from a cup! (No. Not really.)
- Everyone loves a good listicle about how Harper and pipelines are the worst and protestors are the best
- The U.S. confirms two openly gay nominees to the federal bench
- Getting your period has never been so cool. Or hilarious. Pretty freakin’ hilarious
- rabble’s book lounge talks with author Doretta Lau, and, spoiler alert, she is awesome
- Win! There is hope that the Colliery Dam Park will be in the community indefinitely
- OMG. CANADA’S FIRST CAT CAFE FINALLY OPENS
- In other amazing cat news, this stray cat snuck into a zoo and found himself a buddy
- Dave Chappelle is back (!) and his story about Kanye West is amazing
- Hey BP! Time to pay up!
- Oh, the irony of U.S. immigration laws (and views) and the U.S. world cup team
- Isn’t John Oliver just the best?
Need more? Check out the rest of our Feel Good Fridays here.
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