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TL/DR - Non-binary Montreal resident, Alexe Frederic Migneault, has embarked on a hunger strike to push Quebec's public health insurance board to include a third gender option on health cards. Migneault has consumed only liquids and camped near the insurance board's office since starting their strike. Despite having added the X gender option to…

TL/DR - Two people died in a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls. The cause of the incident remains unknown, but it is hypothesized that a mechanical failure in the car, an older model Bentley, may have played a role. The possibility of a terrorist attack has been ruled out by the FBI and New York's governor,…

TL/DR - AES Indiana's Petersburg Generating Station plans to shut down its last coal-burning unit in 2025, replacing two of them with cleaner-burning natural gas units and building an 800 megawatt-hour battery storage array. This move towards renewable energy sources is a trend seen across the country, often driven by state policies and…

TL/DR - The European Commission's Autumn Forecast revised down the EU GDP growth, amidst a certainty of recession by the end of 2023 as voiced by Mario Draghi, former European Central Bank President. The economy has been affected by internal factors and external issues like the ongoing Ukraine crisis, which has disrupted global supply chains and…