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Listen to this article Estimated 2 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. An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern …
Read More »As drinking dries up, Quebec’s liquor board faces criticism over efforts to boost sales
In Quebec, you can now pick up a bottle of gin with your bulk toilet paper at Costco or Maxi, get wine delivered to your door in minutes via Uber Eats and soon get targeted texts about the latest deals on booze. With the consumption of alcohol on a steady …
Read More »3 tigers, hyena no longer with Wainfleet, Ont., owner despite efforts to fight exotic animal bylaw
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. The owner of three tigers and a hyena he’d been keeping on a Wainfleet property before …
Read More »Rescue efforts underway after landslides hit New Zealand campground and house
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. Rescue workers combed rubble on Thursday at a campsite in New Zealand as they searched for the missing, children …
Read More »Vance, most Republicans block Senate resolution to curb Trump’s Venezuela efforts
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have barred U.S. President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without authorization from Congress, after the Republican president pressured party members who had supported it. The vote was 51-50 for a Republican point of order to dismiss the …
Read More »Trump says he’s pausing efforts to send National Guard to Chicago, L.A. and Portland
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. U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National …
Read More »Zelenskyy, Trump to meet in Florida on Sunday amid efforts to end Ukraine-Russia war
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. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he’s set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump …
Read More »Flooding recovery efforts underway in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as death toll tops 1,000
Couple misses anniversary trip to Sri Lanka, plans to help with relief efforts Hi I’m Yasmine Ghania, a senior reporter in Vancouver who’s been speaking to Canadians with connections to southeast Asia. One of them is Tharuka Kannangara, who lives in Bell Island, N.L. She’s originally from Sri Lanka, and …
Read More »Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts …
Read More »Russian forces advance into another region of Ukraine as peace efforts flounder
Russia’s invading forces have broken into an eighth region of Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said Wednesday, seeking to capture more ground in their three-year war of attrition as U.S.-led peace efforts struggle to gain traction. Some Russian troops have entered the villages of Novoheorhiivka and Zaporizke in the eastern …
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