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Canada’s wildfire crisis is displacing First Nations at alarming rates
Since mid-May, wildfires across Canada have burned 9.6 million acres, prompting the evacuation of approximately 40,000 people. According to Indigenous Services Canada, a government ministry, more than half of those evacuees are from First Nations communities, and nearly 34 tribes in almost every province are affected. The sudden rush of...
In Georgia, a runoff looms for Democrats after primary results for public utility commission seat
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. The Democratic primary for the seat representing part of metro Atlanta on the Georgia Public Service Commission appears to be headed to a runoff. In the other competitive race in this week’s PSC primaries, Republican...
Your favorite campgrounds, hiking trails, and forests could soon be up for auction
Among the several controversial proposals emerging from the U.S. Senate this week as it considers the tax and spending bill that President Donald Trump has promoted as “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is one that would make parts of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state, the Buffalo Hills Wilderness Study...
Four leading British basketball clubs blocked from Europe as civil war deepens
BBF has not endorsed Manchester for Champions League Lions, Eagles and Flyers also blocked from competing The civil war engulfing British Basketball has intensified with the British Basketball Federation attempting to block four of the country’s leading clubs from competing in Europe next season. The Guardian has learned that the...
Ombudsman rules for red-hot Gosden team as Royal Ascot roasts in the sun
William Buick on board in Prince of Wales’s Stakes win Royal family have second favourite beaten at meeting The only British stable to wrest Royal Ascot’s top trainer award away from Aidan O’Brien over the course of the past decade continued its strong run through this year’s meeting here on...
The Spin | David ‘Syd’ Lawrence’s brave race against time to tell his remarkable story
Former England bowler has motor neurone disease and his new autobiography vividly describes his daily experience David Lawrence loved to dance. As a teenager he would move to northern soul, hitching his way from Gloucester to Wigan Casino, a change of clothes in the bag, life beginning at midnight. Then...
Mykhailo Mudryk could face four-year ban after FA charge over failed drug test
Chelsea winger was provisionally suspended last year ‘Presence and/or use of a prohibited substance’ alleged Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk could face a lengthy ban after being charged by the Football Association with doping offences. Under FA regulations the winger could be banned for as long as four years after providing a...
Marcus Smith at full-back against Argentina as Lions aim to ‘set tone’ for tour
Two Smiths and Alex Mitchell in XV for Dublin match Tadhg Furlong also has chance to prove his fitness Maro Itoje will captain the British & Irish Lions for the first time against Argentina in Dublin on Friday after the head coach, Andy Farrell, included him and eight other Englishmen...
Jack Draper shakes off errors to thwart Popyrin and keep Queen’s Club quest alive
British No 1 recovers to win 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5) Draper battles through but admits ‘I wasn’t my best’ In the final throes of a tense, uneasy tussle with one of the bigger servers in his sport, Jack Draper was fading. The British No 1, and second seed, had started...