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  • Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank | Palestine

    Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank | Palestine

    Israel has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in the territory that poses a further threat to the possibility of a Palestinian state.

    It brings the…

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  • Rockets Take Break from Bowl Preparation to Visit Hospital Maternity Ward

    Rockets Take Break from Bowl Preparation to Visit Hospital Maternity Ward

    BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Toledo Rockets had a full day of activities in Boca Raton, Fla. on Sunday, starting with a morning practice, followed by a visit to a local hospital and concluding with an afternoon visit to the beach.

    Toledo (8-4, 6-2 MAC)…

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  • Scientists Thought Ribbon Worms Lived a Few Years Until This One Hit Nearly 30

    Scientists Thought Ribbon Worms Lived a Few Years Until This One Hit Nearly 30

    Meet B, the almost 30-year-old worm. Credit: Stephen Salpukas

    A ribbon worm kept in a laboratory aquarium for decades has turned out to be the oldest known example of its kind. Its age, once overlooked, is now reshaping what…

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  • Largest group of freshwater fish originated in rivers, not the seas

    Largest group of freshwater fish originated in rivers, not the seas

    A new fossil fish suggests that the largest group of freshwater fish began in the sea, not in rivers. These fish include more than 10,000 species, from river giants to tiny aquarium favorites.

    The key fossil is a tiny skeleton that was unearthed…

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  • Saints vs. Jets Game Recap – Week 16

    Veteran defensive end Cameron Jordan sacked Jets quarterback Brady Cook twice late in the second quarter. Jordan has 8.5 sacks this season and 130 for his career, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson to take sole possession of…

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  • ‘Buck Rogers’ star Gil Gerard dies at 82

    ‘Buck Rogers’ star Gil Gerard dies at 82

    Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82.

    Mr. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a result of a rare, aggressive form of…

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  • Around 30% of Canadian renters spend 50% of income on rent: survey

    Around 30% of Canadian renters spend 50% of income on rent: survey

    A new survey reveals nearly one-third of renters are giving up over half their income to their landlord, despite rental prices across the country declining for a 14th straight month.

    According to the Winter 2025 Renter Feedback Survey from Rentals.ca, over 62 per cent of renters spend 30 per cent of their income on rent, while a third report spending over half their income on rent, and 12 per cent spend 70 per cent of their income on rent.

    For those aged between 25 and 34, 43 per cent report spending over half of their income on rent, while 37 per cent of renters aged 35 to 54 report about the same.

    Rentals.ca spokesperson Giacomo Ladas tells 660 NewsRadio that, according to responses from 503 renters across Canada, 70 per cent of renters budget under $2,000 a month for a new apartment, but old sayings around how much to spend on rent appear not to apply anymore.

    “Typically, we would see that 30 per cent was kind of that go-to number of ‘Hey, if you want to have any type of housing, try to spend around 30 per cent of your income towards rent,’ but that’s really not the case at all,” he said.

    The perspective of renters across the country was also included in the survey.

    Around 63 per cent of renters say rent prices have increased since the summer, and 69 per cent of respondents are most concerned about high rent prices in their online search, compared to concerns about supply, listing quality, or scams.

    Ladas says while there has been an influx in rental scams, which typically target a “desperate consumer base,” the perspective of renters reveals the reality of the market.

    “I do think when people are saying that 69 per cent are seeing that rental prices are the biggest challenge they face, I think that’s quite interesting when you factor that rental prices have been going down, because it shows how inflated they really are,” he said.

    Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate was 2.2 per cent in November.

    Meanwhile, according to the latest monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation, asking rents in Canada dropped to 3.1 per cent in November from the previous year to an average of $2,074 — the 14th straight month of annual declines.

    B.C., Alberta, and Ontario had the largest rental declines, the average dropping to $2,392, $1,775, and $2,296, respectively.

    Average asking rents were also down 1.5 per cent month-over-month, the largest such drop of 2025, with rents now at the lowest level since June 2023. However, average asking rents are still 3.4 per cent higher than three years ago.

    With files from Lisa Grant


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  • ‘Devastating in all ways’: Sand dune ecosystems on Tokerau Beach being destroyed by vehicles

    ‘Devastating in all ways’: Sand dune ecosystems on Tokerau Beach being destroyed by vehicles

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  • NASA satellite reveals tiny red plankton vital for endangered whales

    NASA satellite reveals tiny red plankton vital for endangered whales

    Far off the New England coast, whales swim slowly with their mouths wide open, swallowing clouds of tiny red plankton, Calanus finmarchicus, that provide their sustenance. One of NASA’s satellites have just learned to spot from hundreds of…

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  • For nearly one billion years, a day on Earth lasted just 19 hours

    For nearly one billion years, a day on Earth lasted just 19 hours

    Billions of years ago, a day on Earth did not last 24 hours. New research suggests that for about one billion years, each day stayed fixed at roughly 19 hours because of a balance between the oceans, the atmosphere, and the pull of the…

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