For the last three months, France has been in turmoil. For the 13th Saturday running, the Gilets Jaunes have continued their protests across France. There is an interesting situation now in Menton at the Italian border as passport control has been reintroduced (after the French ambassador got pulled from Italy). The leader of the Gilets Jaunes movement for the Nice/Cote D'Azure area arrived in Menton today, sparking the biggest protests here so far.
Menton is a small French town. It is located just East of Monaco, and just West of Italy. Home to an annual lemon festival, and boasting some of the most consistently high temperatures in Europe, it is a popular vacation destination for the French people.
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Read MoreWhistler Secondary. Home to 450 students, the mighty Whistler Storm, and as of this week, a spicy new logo. Since 8th grade, I had been consistently baffled by our school’s childish and dated looking logo. As a legacy project for my final year in WSS, along with the backing of the student council…
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