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Multiple Homes Threatened by Growing St Mary’s River Fire in Southeastern BC

A memorial procession and service will be held Saturday for 19-year-old Devyn Gale who died last week fighting a wildfire near Revelstoke, B.C. A B.C. government statement says the procession in Revelstoke will include Gale’s BC Wildfire Service colleagues, a colour party, an honour guard and representatives from first-responder agencies. Gayle died after she was […]

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Disney Stock Falls as CEO Expresses Apprehension About Future of Networks Like ABC

Disney’s stock price has declined in recent days following chief executive Bob Iger’s statements that networks like ABC no longer constitute the company’s “core” business, and there were possibilities of selling such businesses. In a July 13 interview with CNBC, Mr. Iger was asked whether the company would consider selling its TV networks, including American

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Ships Sailing to Ukrainian Seaports to Be Considered Hostile, Moscow Warns

Russia will consider all maritime vessels en route to Black Sea ports in Ukraine as of July 20 as potentially carrying military cargoes, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. The announcement comes two days after Moscow withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which had allowed Ukraine to export grain—despite ongoing hostilities—through the Black Sea.

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Washington Rally Calls for End to CCP’s 24-Year Persecution of Falun Gong

WASHINGTON—An estimated 1,500 people congregated together near Washington’s National Mall to call for an end to communist China’s brutal persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong which has entered its 25th year—an atrocity advocates said is too critical for Americans to overlook. At a rally held near the Capitol, U.S. rights advocates and experts raised

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US Experiencing ‘Crises of Early Death’ Unique to Wealthy Nations: Study

A new study found more than 1 million U.S. deaths a year—including those in young people and working-age adults—would have been averted if the United States had mortality rates similar to other wealthy nations. Published in the journal PNAS Nexus, researchers assessed how many U.S. deaths would have been avoided each year from 1933 through

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Helicopter Pilot Dies Fighting Alberta Forest Fire, Third Firefighter Death This Month

A helicopter pilot has died in a crash in Alberta’s northern Peace River area while fighting wildfires. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) issued a deployment notice on July 20, stating it was sending a team of investigators to Alberta following an accident involving a Bell 205A helicopter during firefighting operations near Peace River.

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US Military Confirms Myocarditis Spiked After COVID Vaccine Introduction

Cases of myocarditis soared among U.S. service members in 2021, after the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, a top official has confirmed. There were 275 cases of myocarditis in 2021—a 151 percent spike from the annual average from 2016 to 2020, Gilbert Cisneros Jr. said. Mr. Cisneros, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, was

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Pentagon Cyber Chief Nominee Calls on ‘Whiz Kids’ to Defend Nation on Digital Battlefields

A “dual hat” consolidation of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) cyber warfare operations will improve critical infrastructure resiliency while sharpening the Pentagon’s ability to preemptively eliminate cyber threats before they manifest, the deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command said during a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing on July 20. The proposed permanent merger of the

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House Overwhelmingly Votes to Reauthorize Federal Aviation Authority for Five Years

The House of Representatives voted 351–69 to pass the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) reauthorization act, updating the government agency’s parameters for the next five years on July 20. In a July 19 press release by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-La.), the lawmakers outlined the importance of H.R.

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