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Listen to this article Estimated 5 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. Long Point Bird Observatory is a protected area full of wildlife that is located on a …
Read More »As winds of change blow toward Cuba, how will Havana chart a path forward?
Six months into a tumultuous year-to-date for Cuba, the winds of change are aggressively blowing across the Straits of Florida, toward the island nation. The country is under relentless pressure from its neighbour to the north, via an onslaught of U.S. sanctions that have hampered Cuba’s ability to import fuel, …
Read More »Liberal government considering high-speed rail route change to include stop in Kingston
The Liberal government is weighing a significant routing change for the Alto high-speed rail project that would move the line’s corridor south toward the shore of Lake Ontario. “I have directed Alto to develop a southern route option that includes a potential stop in Kingston, subject to technical feasibility and …
Read More »Paths carved into boreal peatlands for oil and gas exploration could be speeding up climate change: study
Thousands of lines carved into Canada’s boreal peatlands for oil and gas exploration could be speeding up climate change, suggests a new study from University of Waterloo researchers. Known as “seismic lines,” they have been carved through the forests of B.C., Saskatchewan and especially Alberta for accommodating oil and gas …
Read More »Conservationists hope black bear’s death in B.C. park ‘not in vain,’ call for change
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. A B.C. wildlife protection organization is calling on the province for more transparency and change after …
Read More »Fidel Castro’s anti-communist daughter hopes the U.S. will bring regime change to Cuba
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 …
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