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More than third of Amazon rainforest struggling to recover from drought, study finds
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Local roundup: Masse to swim for Canada at third Olympic Games
LaSalle’s Kylie Masse has clinched a spot at her third Olympic Games for Canada. The 28-year-old Masse earned her place by winning the the women’s 100-metre backstroke at the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials in Toronto. Masse went well under the Olympic qualifying standard of 59.99 seconds in the preliminaries by finishing in a […]