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This should not come as a surprise to anyone who first heard NatGeo had been sold to Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox back in 2015, and then to WDC. For these massive corporations, it’s all about profits and shareholder value over everyone and everything else.
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The cutback — the latest in a series under owner Walt Disney Co. — involves some 19 editorial staffers in all, who were notified in April that these terminations were coming.
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Set to begin as soon as the spring of 2024, congestion pricing will reduce traffic in crowded areas, improve air quality, and provide critical funding for public transit.
A first for the US, this will bringing New York City into line with places like London, Singapore, and Stockholm.
If that estimate sticks, U.S. walkers will have experienced a stunning 77 percent increase in deaths since 2010, rising at a rate more than three times faster than the rest of the traveling public.
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The roads were already getting deadlier for pedestrians before 2020, but the pandemic turbocharged the trend. In 2021, 7,624 pedestrians were killed in the United States, a 13 percent increase from the year before, when 6,721 pedestrians were killed. Between 2010 and 2021, the new GHSA report says, pedestrian fatalities increased 77 percent.
On the morning of April 24, 1895, Joshua Slocum departed Boston Harbor, at the helm of Spray.
On June 27, 1898, Slocum sailed into Newport, Rhode Island, having circumnavigated the world and sailing some 74,000 km (46,000 miles).
In 1900 Slocum wrote a book about his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller.
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Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto ranked in the top 10 according to a long-running Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest survey, the Global Liveability Index 2023 ranking of 173 metropolises.
For 2023, the world’s 10 most livable cities according to the EIU are:
- Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
For the second year, the Austrian capital took the title of world’s most liveable city in the world. - Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
- Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
- Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
- Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦
- Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
- Calgary, Canada 🇨🇦
- Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭
- Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
- Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵 and Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿 (tie)
Least liveable of the cities ranked include Douala, Cameroon; Kyiv, Ukraine; Harare, Zimbabwe; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Karachi, Pakistan; Lagos, Nigeria; Algiers, Algeria; Tripoli, Libya; Damascus, Syria.
Read the report » Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index 2023
At least fifteen people have died. Another 10 were injured after semi-trailer collided with a passenger bus of senior citizens.
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StatCan » Canada’s population is currently growing at a record-setting pace and will reach 40 million people on June 16.
Statistics Canada’s Population Clock, which models population growth in real time based on a number of factors (including recent trends for births, deaths and migration data), will reach 40 million just before 3 p.m. (EDT).
“This is an exciting milestone for Canada,” says Chief Statistician Anil Arora. “It is a strong signal that Canada remains a dynamic and welcoming country, full of potential. As we head into Canada Day, this is certainly cause for celebration!”
While several countries are bracing for the impacts of population decline, Canada continues to lead the G7 when it comes to population growth. It currently stands at 2.7%, which is the highest level since 1957, when immigration and the baby boom helped Canada’s population grow by 3.3%. In fact, between January 2021 and 2022, Canada added over one million people for the first time in its history.
The current trend is driven in very large part by permanent and temporary migration, which accounted for nearly all growth recorded in 2022 (96%). If it continues, current projections show that Canada’s population could reach 50 million by 2043.
We may not know who the 40 millionth Canadian is, but they clearly inherit a country that is diverse and vibrant.
The share of electric vehicles in sales of new passenger vehicles is set to more than double globally in the next few years — to 30% in 2026. Their penetration in some markets will be even higher, with EVs reaching 89% of sales in the Nordics, 52% in China and 42% in Europe. Our latest near-term EV sales outlook is brighter than what BNEF published last year, mostly due to policy changes in the US, where a major investment push sparked by the Inflation Reduction Act will help more than triple the share of EVs in new sales, to 28% by 2026.
The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours.
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France’s Citizens’ Convention on Climate, which was created by President Emmanuel Macron in 2019 and included 150 members of the public, had proposed scrapping plane journeys where train journeys of under four hours existed.
Comparing emissions per passenger per km travelled from different modes of transport
BBC » King David La’amea Kalākaua » The first king to travel around the world, had tea with the Queen, was blessed by the Pope, and spread Hawaiian culture across the globe.
During Kalākaua’s international diplomacy tour, he was greeted by the Emperor of Japan to the sounds of Hawai’i Pono’ī (the Kingdom’s national anthem, which Kalākaua had written); he proposed immigration policies with Chinese politicians; he toured the Great Sphinx with the Khedive of Egypt; he was blessed by Pope Leo XIII in Rome; he had tea with Queen Victoria of England, and he boarded a train that was struck by a bull in Spain. In New York, Kalākaua met with Thomas Edison to discuss the possibility of getting electricity to Honolulu. In 1886, the king’s wish came true. ‘Iolani Palace (which is now a museum and the only royal residence in the United States), became illuminated with electric lights – five years before the White House did.
The three-times weekly service between Toronto and the capital of the Northwest Territories will begin in December on Air Canada’s interline partner, Canadian North.
While Brad said their national park adventure has ended, their travels will not. They plan to take it internationally, visiting Kenya on a National Geographic-organized expedition as the first stop on a mission to touch all seven continents, and maybe, if Joy keeps her enthusiasm, outer space as well.
Telus Unlimited Canada-US 150 5G+ (May 2023)
Telus Mobility has increased their Unlimited Canada-US 5G+ plan from 100GB to 150GB.
My 100GB plan cost $90/month. The new 150GB plan is $105/month.
And, if you sign up for Telus Mobility with this referral link, you’ll earn a $50 bill credit with a successful activation.
My experience with Telus Unlimited Canada-US 5G+ plans, both in Canada and while roaming in the US, has been wonderful. The few times I’ve need to ask customer service a question, they have been responsive, super friendly, and real.
So, thank you Telus. I just upgraded from the 100GB plan to the new 150GB.
Global temperatures are expected to surge to record-breaking levels in the next five years and breach the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7-degree Fahrenheit) threshold set out in the Paris climate agreement, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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