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Street greening transformation before and after in Paris

New forest in front of Paris city hall

New “school street” with greening in central Paris

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.

Opinion: My father and Victoria Mboko: A decade-long tennis dream comes true Before she conquered the field at the National Bank Open, the Canadian tennis star won my father Murray Rubin’s under-10 tournament at the age of 7. The rest is history

A Canadian winner in every sense of the word.

Opinion: My father and Victoria Mboko: A decade-long tennis dream comes true.

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Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97 Commander of Apollo 13, who rescued his men from a near certain death in space, has died aged 97.

A very impressive man. RIP.

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Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97.

All Hail Louisiana, where left-lane hogs can now go to jail With the new law, as of Aug. 1 fines began for drivers going even one single mile per hour under the limit in the left lane

Step up Ontario

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Best before date?

I don’t care what this adds to Canada’s deficit. Fund those scientists up here. Build whatever they need.

Posted without comment.

A periodic reminder.

For many chefs, sirloin and filet mignon aren’t their first choice for a good steak dinner These classic cuts get passed over for tastier flatiron, bavette and skirt steaks

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Hanover water tower taking shape, closely watched by the town's first water tower.

Outrageous.

I check it every morning.

International relations? Publicity stunt? Or true love? Laying odds on the Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry dating rumours After being seen out for dinner on Monday night, Trudeau and Perry have sent social media into overdrive

Nobody cares. He's a private figure now, leave him alone.

International relations? Publicity stunt? Or true love? Laying odds on the Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry dating rumours.
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Bank of Canada holds policy rate at 2¾% The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 2.75%, with the Bank Rate at 3% and the deposit rate at 2.70%.

Bank of Canada holds policy rate at 2¾%

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"That is something we can't forget" Stephen Harper on Canada-US relations — and on Stephen Harper

An excellent & interesting column.

"That is something we can't forget"
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Ship strikes jeopardize the endangered North Atlantic right whale’s survival Swaths of the whales’ migratory path remain perilously unprotected from vessel strikes, a leading cause of death

Collision course: Ship strikes jeopardize the endangered North Atlantic right whale's survival via @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

I've done that in my convertible car but never in an airplane. 😒

Worried about financial scams and bad advice? Stick to the investing basics If it sounds too good to be true, it almost always is. Investors need to recognize the red flags

As a retired CFP I quite agree.

Worried about financial scams and bad advice? Stick to the investing basics.
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One of our greatest Canadians. RIP.

OTD 1958: Terry Fox is born in Winnipeg. Fox, who was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of 18 and had his right leg amputated, began a run across Canada in 1980 to raise money for cancer research that captured the hearts of many Canadians.

A decade later, the Blue Jays are finally interesting To pretty well everyone’s befuddlement the Jays have MLB’s best record, and the expectations that come with it

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Worth your time to go.
We visited Sep. 3, 2014. Wonderful. We then toured Leicester Cathedral across the street where they were working on the future site for Richard. A great day in downtown Leicester.

Well, more history than crime.

Arguably one of the best crime novels of all time.

4 different covers of The Daughter of Time

July 25 1896 the birth of Elizabeth MacKintosh aka Josephine Tey, the author of The Daughter of Time. She also wrote plays under the name of Gordon Daviot. The Daughter of Time remains in print almost 75 years later.

#Latin #Medieval

Globe editorial: Things to say to our American friends U.S. border towns are hurting because many Canadians don’t visit any more, but it’s not up to us to fix it

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Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states

🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇

Banning left turns could help you get to work faster, studies show A ban would help get twice as many cars through an intersection in the same amount of time and making three rights will still be faster

Toronto should try this.

Banning left turns could help you get to work faster, studies show.
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