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Growing wildfire risk puts pressure on insurance industry: experts
TORONTO — Canadian insurers are grappling with the higher risk of wildfires as this year's fire season breaks records, and experts say rising premiums are just one way the industry is seeking to adapt to the changing landscape.
Aug 25, 2023 7:16 AM
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Canada to join U.S. trade fight with Mexico over genetically modified corn products
WASHINGTON — Canada is siding with the United States in a burgeoning trade dispute over Mexico's restrictions on products made with genetically modified corn.
Aug 25, 2023 6:54 AM
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Floods fill tunnels leading to Detroit airport, force water rescues in Ohio and Las Vegas
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Heavy rains across parts of the United States flooded an Ohio highway where people were rescued from their cars, covered the Las Vegas Strip with water and temporarily closed a busy airport terminal outside Detroit.
Aug 25, 2023 4:40 AM
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Fear, falsehoods and conspiracy theories ignite amid Canada's wildfires
Canada's current wildfire season is devastating evidence of the effects of climate change, scientists say, but for some conspiracy theorists, the thousands of square kilometres of burnt ground isn't enough to convince them.
Aug 25, 2023 1:00 AM
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See you on Copacabana? Unusually balmy weather hits Brazil in a rare winter heat wave
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Summer is still four months away in the Southern Hemisphere but Brazil is contending with a balmy winter, with record high temperatures and dry weather across much of the country.
Aug 24, 2023 10:30 PM
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Norway is rebuilding a reindeer fence at the border to stop the animals' costly strolls into Russia
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway is rebuilding a dilapidated reindeer fence along its border with Russia in the Arctic to stop the animals from wandering into the neighboring country — costly strolls for which Oslo has to compensate Moscow over loss
Aug 24, 2023 7:53 PM
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N.W.T. wildfires disrupt phone, internet services as evacuee anxiety mounts
YELLOWKNIFE — Wildfires continued to disrupt communication services Thursday in the Northwest Territories while crews braced for a tough two days fighting the blaze threatening the capital city of Yellowknife.
Aug 24, 2023 3:49 PM
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Judge OKs updated Great Lakes fishing agreement between native tribes, state and federal agencies
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday approved an agreement between four Native American tribes and state and federal regulatory agencies to revise a fishing policy covering parts of three of the Great Lakes.
Aug 24, 2023 3:25 PM
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Dominican officials inspect damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Franklin after heavy flooding kills 2
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic fanned out across the Caribbean country on Thursday to evaluate the damage Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding that killed at
Aug 24, 2023 3:02 PM
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Petroleum asphalt remains in Yellowstone River, even after cleanup from train derailment
REED POINT, Mont. (AP) — Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains.
Aug 24, 2023 3:01 PM
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