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LISTEN | Full interview with Alina Fernández: As It Happens10:21Fidel Castro’s anti-communist daughter hopes the U.S. will bring regime change to Cuba While thousands of Cubans have been marching in the streets to oppose the U.S. indictment of their former president Raúl Castro, a literal daughter of the revolution is …
Read More »Roadside birth during hospital service disruption prompts calls for change
Mariah Jackson never thought she would be delivering a baby on the side of a highway — but that’s exactly what happened on April 19, when her third child was born. Jackson said baby Liam will likely hear the story about being delivered next to Trans-Canada Highway marker 242 for …
Read More »Some N.L. patients are left without their support workers in hospital. Families want that to change
Connie Williams’s kitchen counter is covered in photos of her late sister, Krista Ball. The photos show Ball smiling, laughing, singing — unbothered by the barriers presented by her cerebral palsy, according to Williams. She said her sister was a ray of positivity until her final days, which she spent …
Read More »Study finds hidden lake network beneath Arctic glaciers as climate change accelerates
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Researchers have identified 37 subglacial lakes beneath glaciers in Canada’s Arctic, 35 of them previously unknown, …
Read More »How climate change is threatening the flavour — and future — of India’s prized Darjeeling tea
On a misty March day in Darjeeling, Satish Mitruka walks through the dried-up leaves of his estate’s tea bushes, explaining how changing weather patterns are affecting his business. “Darjeeling is a dying industry,” said Mitruka, a third-generation tea harvester in this area of West Bengal in India’s northeast, adding that …
Read More »Manitoba denying trans refugee’s request for name change because it won’t accept her ID
A Ukrainian refugee says Manitoba’s rejection of her requests to help her remove her deadname from official documents leaves her exposed to transphobia and infringes on her right to express her gender. Martha Hozha, 25, says she’s been trying to change her legal name since she arrived in Canada about …
Read More »Why regime change in Iran was never in the cards | About That
March 25 News Duration 9:53 Although the U.S. and Israel claim several wins in their war against Iran’s military, the messaging from the start of the war about achieving regime change has fizzled out. Andrew Chang explains how Iran’s deeply entrenched power structure and military strategy make its leadership so …
Read More »‘Fragmented, inconsistent, unsafe’: Commission calls for sweeping change to sport in Canada
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A commission studying the future of sport in Canada has called for sweeping change to the …
Read More »‘He deserved more’: Mother of mechanic killed on the job calls for change as charges are laid
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Two years after an Edmonton man sustained fatal injuries while on shift at a northern Alberta …
Read More »In Miami, Cuban exiles hope to rebuild country as they await Trump’s move on regime change
While the war marches on in Iran, exiled Cubans in South Florida are keenly waiting, watching and wondering when the U.S. administration will turn its full attention south. “Everybody is extremely, extremely optimistic. It’s almost a surreal moment,” said Marcell Felipe, who chairs the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora. …
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