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Blaze that killed 4 soldiers on Canadian military base sparked on grenade launcher range, officials say

A blaze that killed four soldiers and injured several dozen more on a military base in the Canadian province of Alberta last week broke out on a grenade launcher range during training exercises, officials said Thursday. The fire sparked Oct. 17 on the automatic grenade launcher range of Canadian Forces Base Wainwright “during routine military…

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El Niño could cause 451,000 more heat-related deaths compared to normal year, group says. Map shows areas at risk.

An estimated 451,000 more people could die as a result of excessive heat in the first nine months of the current El Niño compared with a typical year, according to a report from the University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab. “That’s on top of the impacts from droughts, wildfires and flooding expected from hotter temperatures…

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