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Is your driving being secretly scored?
Kathleen Lomax shows the Life360 app on her phone in Short Hills, N.J., June 3, 2024. A safety feature of the Life360 app tracked the family's driving habits, prompting Lomax to cancel her $100 annual subscription. (Andres Kudacki/The New York Times)
alberta
‘The show will go on’: Stampede will import water to deal with Calgary water-main break
Crowds attend Family Day at the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Sunday, July 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Calgary residents cut water consumption to record low as city placed under state of emergency
A major water main broke in the Montgomery and Bowness neighbourhoods in Calgary on Sunday, June 16, 2024. On the evening of June 5th a vehicle-sized water main broke, flooding the Bowness and Montgomery neighborhoods. On the morning of June 6th, at 6:30 a.m. MST, an Amber Alert went off for Calgary and nearby residences, mentioning the water main break, the water restrictions, a boil water advisory for the aforementioned neighbourhoods and a fire ban for Calgary and nearby towns. Originally, with the estimated timeframe for the repair being (at the earliest) 5 - 7 days, it has now been extended to 3 - 5 weeks. During the first several days, water for the Bowness and Montgomery areas had been shut off, and a boil water advisory was put in place with some residents describing what water did come out of the faucets as ‘slimy’. Water wagons had been set up during this time, but have since appeared to be removed now that the advisory has been lifted. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
Calgary’s water woes are giving residents a taste of rez life
Tanya Talaga
world
California’s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event, study says
FILE - Laurene Bishop, from South Lake Tahoe, walks her dog Aubrey down Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., March 1, 2023. A new study finds the snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above. The study authors coined the term “snow deluge” for one-in-20-year heavy snowfalls. (Salgu Wissmath/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
world
Flash floods, landslide kill at least 45 in central Kenya
A man walks next to a damaged car in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri, near Mai Mahiu, on April 29, 2024. At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, police said on April 29, 2024, as torrential rains and floods battered the country. The disaster raises the total death toll over the March-May wet season in Kenya to more than 120 as heavier than usual rainfall pounds East Africa, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
british columbia
Baby orca, trapped where its ‘Big Mama’ died, brings together B.C. researchers and locals in efforts to reunite it with family
Photo of mother and calf before the mom died in lagoon at Zeballos, B.C. The calf remains stranded there. Photo taken March 16, 2024, Tofino, BC..
world
United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - APRIL 18: Abandoned vehicles on a flooded highway can be seen on April 18, 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Atypically heavy rains in the UAE on Monday and Tuesday caused flooding, flight cancellations, and school closures. UAE authorities have denied that their cloud-seeding operations were to blame for the extreme rainfall. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
science
Scientists discover a bee’s surprising superpower after a science experiment gone awry
Bombus impatiens, or common eastern bumblebee. (Victoria MacPhail)
golf
Unstoppable Scottie Scheffler wins another Masters green jacket
Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 14, 2024 Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. celebrates on the 18th green after winning The Masters REUTERS/Mike Segar
world
Sawfish rescued in Florida as biologists try to determine why the ancient fish are dying
This photo provided by Mote Marine Lab shows a sawfish in the Lower Keys Florida on April 5, 2024. The sawfish was seen swimming in circles near Cudjoe Key and reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, officials said Friday. It was loaded onto a specially designed transport trailer and taken to Mote Marine Laboratory, where it is being rehabilitated. (Mote Marine Lab via AP)
world
‘HELP’ sign on beach points rescuers to men stuck nine days on remote Pacific island
This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140), rescues three mariners that were stranded on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, on April 9, 2024. The stranded mariners spelled out “HELP” with palm fronds on a beach that were spotted by Coast Guard and Navy aviators, the sign pinpointed them in a search area spanning thousands of square miles. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
world
Russian city calls for mass evacuations due to rapidly rising flood waters
A view shows a flooded residential area in Orenburg, Russia, April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
world
Biden administration sets first-ever limits on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
canada
B.C. has lowest snowpack on record, drought a concern, says BC River Forecast Centre
The latest monthly snow survey shows that, as of April 1, snowpack in British Columbia was "extremely low," marking the lowest snowpack on record since 1970 for the province and the Fraser River. Backcountry skiers are dwarfed by the mountains in the southern Chilcotin mountains of British Columbia, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
world
U.S. sets first standard to curb ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water
FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
british columbia
With B.C. groundwater usage not fully tracked, experts worry as drought looms
Paige Thurston, Columbia Basin Water Monitoring Framework program manager, right, completes a survey following a hydrometric install on Apex Creek in the Columbia Basin near Nelson, B.C. in this undated handout photo. A trio of experts in British Columbia says persistent drought is exposing cracks in how the province manages water, especially when it's scarce. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Living Lakes Canada *MANDATORY CREDIT*
british columbia
Stranded B.C. calf’s calls ‘make you almost weep,’ says Ehattesaht First Nation
A female orphaned two-year-old orca calf known as kwiisahi?is or Brave Little Hunter, a name given by the Ehattesaht First Nation, continues to live in a lagoon near Zeballos, B.C., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
energy and resources
Syncrude Canada to pay $390,000 penalty for death of worker at oil sands project in 2021
Oilsands operator Syncrude Canada Ltd. has been ordered to pay a $390,000 penalty in relation to the death of a worker in 2021. A dump truck works near the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., on June 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted Western ships in Red Sea
This handout picture provided by the Iranian Defence Ministry on March 12, 2024 shows the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) destroyer Urumqi (118) at sea during the "Maritime Security Belt 2024" combined naval exercise between Iran, Russia, and China in the Gulf of Oman. The military activities -- to be conducted from March 11 through 15 -- are aimed at "jointly maintaining regional maritime security", according to a statement published on social media platform WeChat by China's defence ministry. The joint exercises coincide with soaring tensions in the region as the war in Gaza rages and Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen have launched a flurry of attacks on ships in the Red Sea. (Photo by Iranian Army office / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / IRANIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/Iranian Army office/AFP via Getty Images)
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