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Ozempic is changing the way people eat. Snack companies are paying close attention;

Ozempic is changing the way people eat. Snack companies are paying close attention

July 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

With a growing number of North American adults using drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss, food companies are carefully watching to see how the craze is impacting their bottom line — and cooking up ways to market their products toward people on the medications.

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Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and eastern Caribbean;

Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and eastern Caribbean

July 4 , 2024 at 05:41:10 a.m. EDT • :

Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95 per cent of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling toward the Cayman Islands and taking aim at Mexico's Caribbean coast after leaving at least 10 dead in its wake.

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Years-long visa backlog in U.S. sees some paying hundreds of dollars for faster access; Nathan Chen is an international student from China living in Halifax\. Chen wants to visit the U\.S\. for tourism, but having a visa would also let him fly more cheaply and easily between North America and his home near Beijing\.

Years-long visa backlog in U.S. sees some paying hundreds of dollars for faster access

July 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Thousands of people living in Canada are facing U.S. visa wait times that could run as long as two years. That's generated many schemes online that claim to help people jump the queue — but in some cases has scammed people out of their money entirely.

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Many young Canadians are delaying having kids — and some say high rent is a factor;

Many young Canadians are delaying having kids — and some say high rent is a factor

July 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Anna Smith would like to start a family. But the 27-year-old graduate student, who currently lives with her partner in Toronto in a 500-square-foot apartment, would also like more space. Like many young Canadians, she's realizing she can't have both.

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A Boston transit rider was frustrated by a late train. She asked the city to give them googly eyes; The MTBA agreed to add decals that looked like googly eyes to its trains after Arielle Lok and about 30 others put in the request\.

A Boston transit rider was frustrated by a late train. She asked the city to give them googly eyes

July 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

No, this isn't a Thomas the Tank Engine reboot. The trains in Boston now have googly eyes. But why? For fun, of course. In April, Lok and about 30 other googly eye enthusiasts as the city's transit authority to add google eyes to their trains — and they obliged.

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WATCH | Sicily's Mount Etna erupts with majestic cascade of lava; Lava rises from a crater of Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, Italy July 2, 2024\. REUTERS/Etna Walk/Giuseppe Di Stefano  

July 3 , 2024 at 02:29:26 p.m. EDT • :

WATCH | Sicily's Mount Etna erupts with majestic cascade of lava

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Is 'Wickediator' Barbenheimer 2.0? Or are we all going insane?; Now sharing the same projected release date, Gladiator II and Wicked are being touted as the new Barbenheimer\. Industry insiders aren't so sure that lightning will strike twice\.  

July 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Is 'Wickediator' Barbenheimer 2.0? Or are we all going insane?

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Manitoba Hydro says aging infrastructure poses threat to future power supply, requires billions in fixes; Canada's ambition to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and stay competitive in the low-carbon industrial revolution underway is a complicated plan that hinges on one main thing: electricity\.  

July 4 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Manitoba Hydro says aging infrastructure poses threat to future power supply, requires billions in fixes

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As Trudeau signals he's staying on, one MP says some incumbents could sit out the next election;  

July 3 , 2024 at 01:33:59 p.m. EDT • :

As Trudeau signals he's staying on, one MP says some incumbents could sit out the next election

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Carolyn Parrish uses strong mayor powers to fire top bureaucrat; Mississauga's newly elected mayor Carolyn Parrish says she is friends with fellow Peel mayors Annette Groves and Patrick Brown and is confident they can work well together\.  

July 3 , 2024 at 05:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Carolyn Parrish uses strong mayor powers to fire top bureaucrat

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July 3 , 2024 at 05:34:51 p.m. EDT • :

Irish prime minister 'appalled' by Montreal tourist's death after alleged assault

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July 3 , 2024 at 08:12:55 p.m. EDT • :

WestJet says operations have 'stabilized' following mechanics' strike

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July 3 , 2024 at 08:52:32 p.m. EDT • :

Northern Manitoba First Nation reports 187 anomalies found at or near site of former residential school

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July 3 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Dryden teen's duct tape prom dress makes finals in international contest

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July 3 , 2024 at 09:23:11 p.m. EDT • :

B.C. hereditary chief gets house arrest for pipeline blockade

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