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Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

EDMONTON — They're affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they're mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something once happened.
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Quebec sets out plan to reach 60 per cent of greenhouse gas reduction target by 2030

Quebec sets out plan to reach 60 per cent of greenhouse gas reduction target by 2030

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has now mapped out how it will achieve 60 per cent of its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, Premier François Legault said Friday as he announced an updated green economy plan.
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Millions ditched cars for bikes during the pandemic. These cities want the habit to stick

Millions ditched cars for bikes during the pandemic. These cities want the habit to stick

MONTREAL (AP) — In the agonies of the virus that upended most of the world, millions of people from Bogota to Berlin saw what life could be like on two wheels instead of four.
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Italy's deadly floods just latest example of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes

Italy's deadly floods just latest example of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes

ROME (AP) — The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast are another drenching dose of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes, something that has been happening around the globe, scientists say.
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Hundreds evacuated as suspected intentional wildfire hits western Spain

MADRID (AP) — Some 700 people were evacuated from four small towns in western Spain owing to a wildfire fanned by strong winds that has razed some 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres), officials said Friday.
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Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided

Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided

BANGKOK (AP) — The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, state television reported Friday.
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Rewriting history: A look at some historical sites where plaques may be changed

Rewriting history: A look at some historical sites where plaques may be changed

Parks Canada is rewriting hundreds of outdated historical plaques that mark some of the country's most prominent places and events. Here's a look at 10 sites where texts are being reviewed: 1.
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South Korea to send 21-member team to Japan to review discharge plans at Fukushima nuclear plant

South Korea to send 21-member team to Japan to review discharge plans at Fukushima nuclear plant

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will send a 21-member team of government experts to Japan next week to visit the Fukushima nuclear power plant where they will review contentious Japanese plans to release treated but slightly radioactive water i
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Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown

Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown

BANGKOK (AP) — At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported Thursday.
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Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods as toll rises to 13 and cleanup begins

Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods as toll rises to 13 and cleanup begins

FAENZA, Italy (AP) — Rescue crews worked Thursday to reach towns and villages in northern Italy still isolated by heavy rains and flooding, as the death toll rose to 13 and authorities began mapping out cleanup and reconstruction plans.
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