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Neighbours accuse Toronto builder of gaming system to uproot beloved tree for parking pad

Neighbours accuse Toronto builder of gaming system to uproot beloved tree for parking pad

TORONTO — The big, backyard honey locust had a seating area set up under its canopy and a swing hanging from a sturdy branch.
Volunteers repair damaged parts of Appalachian Trail by hand almost a year after Helene

Volunteers repair damaged parts of Appalachian Trail by hand almost a year after Helene

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side.
U.S. imposing 20.56% anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood

U.S. imposing 20.56% anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood

VANCOUVER — British Columbia lumber organizations are condemning the decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to raise anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, calling them unjustified, punitive and protectionist. The B.C.
Toronto Zoo to become home of Cedar, a blind baby moose rescued near Ottawa

Toronto Zoo to become home of Cedar, a blind baby moose rescued near Ottawa

The Toronto Zoo will soon become home to a blind baby moose who was rescued near Ottawa earlier this month. The two-month-old baby moose, now named Cedar, was found by an animal rescue group on a rural road in Hawkesbury, Ont.
Longtime lawmaker shapes the debate as Arizona grapples with dwindling water supplies

Longtime lawmaker shapes the debate as Arizona grapples with dwindling water supplies

PHOENIX (AP) — Throughout two decades marked by drought, climate change and growing demand for water, Arizona’s leaders have fiercely debated an increasingly urgent problem: how to manage dwindling water supplies in an arid state.
Fires engulf Turkey's Mediterranean coast as government declares 2 disaster zones

Fires engulf Turkey's Mediterranean coast as government declares 2 disaster zones

ISTANBUL (AP) — New wildfires broke out on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast Friday, as the government declared two western provinces in the country to be disaster zones.
Early Hawaiian petroglyphs on a beach are visible again with changing tides and shifting sands

Early Hawaiian petroglyphs on a beach are visible again with changing tides and shifting sands

WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaiian petroglyphs dating back at least a half-millennium are visible on Oahu for the first time in years, thanks to seasonal ocean swells that peel away sand covering a panel of more than two dozen images of mostly human-loo
Trapped miners named as rescue chief tells of air flow and stable route behind debris

Trapped miners named as rescue chief tells of air flow and stable route behind debris

Natural air is flowing to the area where three contractors are trapped in a northern British Columbia mine, the operator's safety chief said, adding that there appears to be a stable rescue route to them behind the massive rockfall that cut them off.
Turkey mourns 10 people killed battling a wildfire

Turkey mourns 10 people killed battling a wildfire

ISTANBUL (AP) — The funerals of 10 rescue volunteers and forestry workers killed while battling a wildfire were held on Thursday in Turkey.
Outdoor work in southern Europe's sweltering tourist hot spots is becoming hellish

Outdoor work in southern Europe's sweltering tourist hot spots is becoming hellish

Cruel heat is baking southern Europe as the continent slips deeper into summer. In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief. But under the scorching sun, outdoor labor can be grueling, brutal, occasionally even deadly .