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cicadas will emerge from the ground by the billions
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Billions of cicadas expected in the United States
Noisy and ready to mate, billions of cicadas are preparing to invade American forests and suburban suburbs. In the coming weeks, two particular groups of cicadas will frolic at the…
Billions of plastic bottles end up in the Canadian environment
New Canadian data suggests that over a nine-year period, between 2012 and 2020, the equivalent of more than 15 billion plastic bottles and up to 14 billion plastic grocery bags…
A limited deficit, despite billions in new spending
Despite new spending totaling $53 billion over the next five years, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is managing to limit the scale of the deficits, which some anticipated would be much…
Semiconductors | Washington puts billions back on the table to support Samsung production
(Washington) Determined to reduce its dependence on advanced semiconductors, the United States announced Monday that it had granted up to $6.4 billion in subsidies to the South Korean giant Samsung…
Affordable Housing | Quebec got a small share of Ottawa’s billions
(Ottawa) Quebec has received until now only a fraction of the billions allocated by the Trudeau government in affordable housing programs, we learn in a compilation carried out by the…
Quebec obtained a small share of the billions for housing
(Ottawa) Quebec has so far received only a fraction of the billions allocated by the Trudeau government in affordable housing programs, we learn in a compilation carried out by the…
Vietnam: the boss of a real estate giant sentenced to death for having embezzled billions of dollars
The head of a real estate giant was sentenced to the death penalty in a fraud case whose damages were estimated at 25 billion euros (more than $36 billion CAD)…
billions of periodic cicadas will emerge from the ground at the same time
The very particular life cycle of these periodic cicadas is exceptional. They only emerge from the ground every 13 or 17 years. Published on 04/08/2024 07:24 Reading time: 2 min…
Pre-budget announcements | Another rain of billions for housing
(Ottawa) The Trudeau government continues to outline the contents of the budget which will be tabled in approximately two weeks. On day five of this operation, Wednesday, new measures on…
United States | Trillions of billions of cicadas are expected
Trillions of bizarre marvels of evolution, the red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their backs, are poised to emerge in numbers not seen…
Billions in perspective | Trump’s media company to go public
(New York) Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), will merge with a publicly traded vehicle, after a favorable vote at a general meeting on Friday, a…
Canadians are overpaying billions in bank fees, says report
(Toronto) While the federal government would like to see a reduction in bank fees, a report from consulting firm North Economics estimates that Canadians are overpaying billions of dollars per…
This repairing mask which has billions of views on TikTok is finally arriving at Sephora
A hair mask capable of repairing the fiber in just 4 minutes… you have to see it to believe it! Launched in 2020, the brand K18 is known worldwide for…
Obsolete trains | VIA Rail asks Ottawa for billions to avoid the worst
VIA Rail Canada will need billions of dollars from the federal government to replace its long-distance trains, which will reach the end of their useful life by 2035. The Crown…
VIA Rail is demanding billions of dollars to ensure the survival of its network
The state-owned VIA Rail is demanding billions of dollars from Ottawa to replace end-of-life train cars that travel across the country, except within the Quebec-Windsor corridor, whose sustainability is protected.…
Via Rail is demanding billions of dollars to ensure the survival of its network
The state-owned company Via Rail is demanding billions of dollars from Ottawa to replace end-of-life train cars that make long-distance journeys across the country, with the exception of the Quebec-Windsor…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin | Defendant’s DNA matches ‘hundreds of billions of times’
It is “hundreds of billions of times more likely” that the DNA found on Guylaine Potvin’s body belonged to the man accused of her murder rather than to any other…
The Press in the Philippines | One image at a time, billions of times
(Cagayán de Oro) Like every evening, the internet café in the slum of Cagayan de Oro, a large city in the south of the Philippines, is packed. Slouching in front…
The oceans have absorbed enough energy in 2023 to boil “billions of Olympic swimming pools”
The oceans, which store most of the excess heat caused by our greenhouse gas emissions, will still have absorbed a colossal amount of energy in 2023, equivalent to that needed…