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Global National: July 13


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A tornado has touched down in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven, frightening residents and damaging at least 125 homes. The damage, and what witnesses say they experienced. People in southern Europe are sweltering under a severe heat wave, which the Italian Meteorological Society has named "Cerberus," after the three-headed dog in Greek mythology who guards the gates of hell. How people are coping with the unbearable heat in a continent where air conditioning is not common in homes. A tentative deal has ended the British Columbia port strike. How the labour dispute will now have lingering effects on the Canadian economy. While that walkout is over, Hollywood actors are going from rehearsing lines to the picket lines, joining screenwriters who began their job action in May. What the actors' union is demanding, what they're being offered, and how the stoppage will affect what you watch. Aspartame, one of the most popular artificial sweeteners used in sugar-free foods and drinks, has been declared as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the World Health Organization. It sounds scary, so what does it really mean? A reality check on the WHO's stance, and how critics call this warning misleading and unnecessary. Plus, hooped: an Ottawa family is feuding with an unknown neighbour, who's complained to the city multiple times about the family's basketball net, claiming it's out of bounds. The bureaucratic battle, the reaction from other residents, and how the mother is stuck jumping through hope just so her kids can play.
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