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More than 30,000 people passed through the gates for the first day of Beef Australia 2021 - Ian Weigh Toyota’s Peoples Day - on Monday.
With 31,545 attending on day one, the event was on track to break records.
“It’s so amazing to be finally be here, day one … it is a beautiful day in Rockhampton, the weather is shining upon us and there is great crowds arriving here through the gates,” Beef Australia Board chairman Bryce Camm said on Monday.
“There are always a few nerves on day one, nothing like opening on a public holiday to have your biggest crowds through the gate.
UpdatedTue, May 4, 2021 at 1:03 pm ET
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Two people build an igloo in Central Park on Feb. 7. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY The coronavirus pandemic will do away with an unexpected treat for New York City s public school students: snow days.
Classes won t be cancelled during the 2021-2022 school year because of severe weather, the Department of Education announced Tuesday. [The] DOE will shift all students to remote instruction in lieu of cancelling schools due to severe weather conditions, a DOE statement reads.
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The traditional snow day s days were numbered as the city s schools implemented wide-scale remote learning in the pandemic. Mayor Bill de Blasio in December declared himself sad that the snow day young New Yorkers used to know could be gone.
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Oregon House votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon House on Monday overwhelmingly passed HB 2526 A, which would make the second Monday of October Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the state.
The legislation looks to honor and recognize the native people of the state, including the Oregon Tribes, by memorializing the many histories, cultures, contributions, and lives. The bill also aims to address what supporters call the U.S.’s revisionist colonial history by officially replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
“At this moment in time, we are all working to understand how the messages we learn in history determine how we think about things and how we treat one another,” said Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D-N & NE Portland), one of the bill’s chief sponsors. “Now is the time to tell the truth about yet another old lie in our history books and recognize that the native people of this country and the state of O