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Canada’s federal housing agency predicts that the vacancy rate in Fort McMurray is expected to drop rapidly, raising concerns about how that will impact workers as the city rebuilds after wildfires swept through the region in May. BNN’s Tara Weber has more.

MEGEVE, France — Adam Yates came to his second Tour de France without any ambition in the general classification. Three weeks and a spectacular crash later, only two more days in the Alps separate him from a podium finish on the Champs Elysees. Regarded as one of the most promising riders of his generation, the

The trampoline athlete who won Canada's lone gold medal at the London Olympics will carry the Canadian flag at the Rio Games. Here is a look at some key facts about Rosie MacLennan

Investment manager reports 2% rise in economic net income

The Brazilian government is giving small-scale farmers in the Amazon title deeds to public land for cultivation.

Tom Gibbons had to retire from the police force after being shot three times during a traffic stop in 1970. He then became a reporter and covered the police for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Eric Adams joined the police department intent on reforming it. "If I was not a voice for change it would bother me," he says. He was on the force for 22 years. Now he is Brooklyn's borough president.

Brazil's justice minister says the group was disorganized and amateur. The members pledged allegiance to ISIS but had no direct contact with the group, authorities say.

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The US is headed for a heat wave.

Across most of the US, as President Obama warned Wednesday, there's expected to be extreme heat.

And while it may feel like you're literally melting, there are actually some pretty interesting things that are going on inside your body when it's faced with extreme heat. 

To get some answers, Business Insider spoke with Matthew Cramer, a researcher at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine in Texas who studies the effects of heat on the body. Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former top editors of newspapers in Anderson, Bloomington and Marion and an advocate for high school journalists are among five people who will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in September.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former top editors of newspapers in Anderson, Bloomington and Marion and an advocate for high school journalists are among five people who will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in September.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former top editors of newspapers in Anderson, Bloomington and Marion and an advocate for high school journalists are among five people who will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in September. Former state Rep. Steven Moberly will receive the group's Distinguished Service Award for being the principal sponsor the Indiana Open Door Law when it was adopted in 1977.

NEW YORK (ANP) - De Amerikaanse effectenbeurzen stonden donderdagmiddag op kleine verliezen. Beleggers kregen een stroom aan bedrijfsresultaten te verwerken, die lang niet allemaal voldeden aan de verwachtingen.

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In the last few months, wildfires have ravaged through Alberta’s boreal forests and California. According to the Climate Central Wildfire tracker, there are 66 large fires burning right now in the western US. And now, NASA is warning that the Amazon rainforest might be in store for an epic wildfire season this summer due to the long-lasting effects of El Niño.

El Niño conditions in 2015 and early 2016 altered rainfall patterns around the world, resulting in less rain in the Amazon basin during the wet season... Читать дальше...

Metis groups are applauding a new report released on Thursday that urges Canada to work with them in a "nation-to-nation, government-to-government relationship."

A recent study funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada found that men lifting lighter-than-standard weights saw similar results in muscle growth as men lifting heavier weights.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A boy and a woman camping with a Boy Scouts adventure program were killed and two other campers were injured when severe storms swept through a northern Minnesota forest, the leader of the program said…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A boy and a woman camping with a Boy Scouts adventure program were killed and two other campers were injured when severe storms swept through a northern Minnesota forest, the leader of the program said…

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean men’s Olympic football team have started training in Brazil for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the Olympic team had tactical training and other exercises at a fo

A new Smartphone app dramatises the asylum-seeking process and lets users ask questions and decide if the migrants are allowed in or rejected.

Concern that balance of power will swing strongly in favour of eurozone governments