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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 Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he …
Read More »Your guide to the inaugural ‘Steroid Olympics’
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. Two decorated Canadian athletes are among those competing at this weekend’s inaugural Enhanced Games — which …
Read More »Why Trump’s plan to guide ships safely through the Strait of Hormuz may be ‘extraordinarily’ difficult
The U.S. plan to safely escort hundreds of stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz could face major difficulties, including the ongoing threat of Iranian missile attacks and the challenge of navigating through thousands of mines planted in the sea, analysts say. “Being able to take out all of the …
Read More »Trump pauses U.S. effort to guide vessels through Strait of Hormuz in bid to make deal with Iran
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. U.S. President Donald Trump says that he has paused the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels …
Read More »Canada’s Kalle Eriksson, guide Sierra Smith earn slalom bronze for 3rd medal of Paralympic debut
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. Follow Winter Paralympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith …
Read More »Decoding Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl: A guide to the references on her new album
The curtain has been drawn. The stage lights are on. It’s time for The Life of a Showgirl. For Taylor Swift’s most dedicated audience, a new album means new opportunities to decode Easter eggs in her lyrics and music videos. The pop superstar’s 12th studio album, which dropped last night …
Read More »Buying Girl Guide cookies off the internet? Beware of scams
B.C. Girl Guides has issued a warning after a number of social media users complained about getting scammed while trying to purchase their popular mint chocolate cookies online. Users in a Facebook group in Campbell River, B.C., highlighted posts that showed users saying their daughters — purportedly part of the Girl Guides — …
Read More »Spotting rare right whale off Newfoundland had this tour guide ‘Out of my skin excited’
There are about 370 North Atlantic right whales left in the world — and a Newfoundland man spotted one off the southern Avalon Peninsula earlier this month. Tour guide Jared Clarke was taking a group bird watching off St. Shott’s when he noticed a whale surfacing out of the corner of …
Read More »Sherpa guide breaks record by making 31st summit of Mount Everest
Kami Rita Sherpa, 55, reached the summit of the tallest mountain in the world for a record 31st time on Tuesday. He broke his own record of most climbs to the top of Everest. The famed Sherpa guide made it to Everest’s 8,849-metre peak while leading a team of 22 …
Read More »Guide dog owner says Louie may be her last unless behaviour of ‘service dogs’ changes
When Avril Rinn goes out for a walk, it’s her Labrador retriever Louie who leads the way. Rinn, of London, Ont., is legally blind and Louie is her trusty guide dog, the second one she’s owned. As he guides Rinn along the sidewalk, onto the bus or down the grocery store aisle, Louie doesn’t bark, beg …
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