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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An 11-year-old child has died of a suspected drowning during a field trip to a regional park near Medicine Hat, Alta.,…
A New South Wales regional councillor is managing a tobacco shop, which the ABC has found sells illegal cigarettes. Rohit Mahajan was elected as a councillor in the Upper Hunter town of Muswellbrook in 2024. Council disclosure documents state he is the manager of TSG Muswellbrook. The ABC was able to purchase illegal cigarettes from…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Parole Board of Canada rejected Jacob Hoggard’s bid for full parole this month because it found the former Hedley frontman,…
Childcare workers have scrapped a plan to walk off the job in July after the federal government agreed to fund a 15 per cent pay rise for another 18 months at a cost of $3.6 billion. The wage rise was initially funded in 2024 and applied to the pay packets of about 200,000 early educators,…
Reptile remains found dumped on the side of a road in suburban Adelaide have been confirmed to be from a saltwater crocodile, but how they came to be there remains a mystery. In a statement, a Department for Environment and Water spokesperson said staff collected the remains which were found among other litter at Coleman…
A Halifax woman says she has no place to live after returning home from work last week to find crews demolishing her apartment building. Shailagh Benteau, who says she was awaiting a decision from the Residential Tenancies Program when demolition began, stood outside her apartment of seven years on Tuesday afternoon and watched the destruction…
Interest-free loans and cash subsidies are being offered by the New South Wales government to encourage the uptake of renewable energy measures like solar panels and household batteries. From today, home owners with a combined household income of $210,000 or less can apply for a 10-year loan of up to $15,000 at zero interest. The…
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Infectious disease experts are hoping the Alberta government will fully adopt federal COVID-19 vaccine guidance as it plans its immunization rollout…
A B-52 bomber aircraft that crashed at a US Air Force base in California, killing eight people aboard, made a sharp right and then nearly completed a 180-degree turn before plunging to the ground at more than a kilometre per minute, according to initial tracking data. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress was taking part in a…
No, the government is not dropping boxes of ticks onto farms. But that conspiracy theory has spread in both the U.S. and Canada. Here are the facts.