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    Bike training program rolling into Seven Oaks School Division

    Aug 23, 2016 – Winnipeg Metro –

    Supported by Manitoba Public Insurance, a new “bike education and skills training” in schools program will be tested out in the Seven Oaks School Division beginning in September.

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    Louisiana Floods Continue After Historic Rainfall

    Aug 16, 2016 – ABC News

    Southern Louisiana faces continued flood warnings Tuesday, even as communities struggle to recover from a deluge over the weekend that killed at least seven, stranded more than 20,000 and left more than 11,000 seeking shelter after a historic rainfall.

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    July 2016 was world’s hottest month since records began, says Nasa

    August 16, 2016 – The Guardian

    Last month was the hottest month in recorded history, beating the record set just 12 months before and continuing the long string of monthly records, according to the latest Nasa data.

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    Can today’s EVs make a dent in climate change?

    Aug 15, 2016 – MIT News

    Researchers at MIT have just completed the most comprehensive study yet to address this hotly debated question: Could existing electric vehicles (EVs), despite their limited driving range, bring about a meaningful reduction in the greenhouse-gas emissions?

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    Better community planning needed to offset climate change

    Aug 12, 2016 – Winnipeg Free Press

    Changes in the climate mean Manitoba’s summers are slowly but surely becoming hotter and longer. Evidence suggests supporting healthy, equitable and resilient communities will continue to be our best adaptation strategy.

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    Road Test For Elevated Transit Bus

    Aug 3, 2016 – Shanghai Daily

    China’s home-made transit elevated bus, TEB-1, conducted a road test yesterday, running in Qinhuangdao, north China’s Hebei Province.

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    Saskatchewan government “unlikely” to clean all of Husky oil spill

    Aug 2, 2016 – National Observer

    The reality of the disastrous Husky oil spill in Saskatchewan is finally starting to sink in — quite literally.

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