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  'I'm devastated': Manitobans cleaning up after surge of rain floods communities

  Manitobans are continuing to mop up after a deluge of rain hit southern Manitoba earlier in the week.

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  SCO wants Lake Winnipeg to be declared a living being

  The Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO) is launching a Charter challenge to have Lake Winnipeg declared a living being, claiming that the province and Manitoba Hydro are damaging the lake with development.

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  How warmer winters are making 'potentially unstable and unsafe' skating conditions on icy lakes

  Lacing up skates to hit the ice on any one of Canada's lakes may be a common winter pastime for some, but a new study suggests it may be increasingly 'potentially unstable and unsafe' to play a game of pick-up hockey on the frozen water.

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  Canada makes small emissions cut in 2023, but must ramp up to hit key targets: report

  Hikes to oil production and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, a report published Thursday by a leading policy institute found, though the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissions.

• Canada may reach 2030 emissions goal without unpopular carbon tax

  Canada could meet its 2030 emissions target without a carbon tax on consumers, some analysts say, as the Liberal government faces mounting political pressure to remove it.

• North Atlantic right whale entangled in Gulf of St. Lawrence

  A female North Atlantic right whale is entangled in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is the third reported entanglement in the last three months.

• Flood-hit regions in Central Europe will get billions in EU aid

  European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday pledged billions of euros in aid for Central European countries that suffered enormous damage to infrastructure and housing during the massive flooding that has so far claimed 24 lives in the region.

• Huge python grabs Thai woman in her kitchen, squeezes her two hours before she can be freed

  A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.

• Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control

  More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in recent years spread out of control over the weekend.

• Rising rivers threaten southern Poland as flooding recedes elsewhere in Central Europe

  Soldiers and volunteers in southwestern Poland laid sandbags Wednesday near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect homes and businesses after days of flooding across Central Europe.

• Expert says warm September in Maritimes could cause higher aggression in bees and wasps

  Experts say the higher Maritime temperatures make wasps and hornets more territorial and aggressive in the late summer.

• Influencer has a close encounter with a bear after climbing into a den

  Influencer Stefan Jankovic shared footage of a terrifying close encounter with a bear after climbing into a den in Bosnia and Herzegovia.