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Brenda Gray is a news writer for the Hold Tight Podcast. She writes about sports, education, and tech, with a focus on local stories that impact her community. Brenda has been writing for over 10 years and uses her skills to help inform the public about important issues. She also has a passion for playing the piano and enjoys spending time with her family when she's not working!

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Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits?

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OMAHA, Neb. — Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely at the expense of budget-conscious egg buyers. Advocacy groups, Democratic lawmakers and a Federal Trade Commission member are calling for a government investigation after […]

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Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe

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GUISSONA, Spain — Inside a cavernous production plant in Spain, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a food company humming as millions of legs of ham travel on hooks along conveyor belts. Foreign workers have helped to make Spain’s economy the envy of the industrialized world, even as anti-immigration sentiments grow

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84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home

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MAE SOT, Thailand — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar were set to return home Friday as the repatriation of thousands of such workers after a crackdown strains regional resources. The Indonesians were among more than 7,000 people being held in the Myanmar border town Myawaddy following a crackdown on the scam centers

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Doug Ford reelected as Ontario’s premier with mandate to fight Trump tariffs

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Ontario Premier Doug Ford won reelection to lead Canada’s most populous province Thursday, giving him the mandate he wanted to fight tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. “I am very grateful to the people of Ontario,” Ford told CTV News afterward. “We’re going to make sure we will protect the

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AutoTech: Elevating Auto Repair Services in West Kelowna with Unmatched Expertise

AutoTech: Elevating Auto Repair Services in West Kelowna with Unmatched Expertise

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AutoTech delivers exceptional auto repair services in West Kelowna, combining expertise, quality, and reliability. West Kelowna, BC, February 27, 2025 / LinkDaddy News / – AutoTech, a leading automotive repair shop in West Kelowna, is redefining vehicle maintenance and performance tuning with a commitment to excellence, expertise, and customer satisfaction. Specializing in European automotive brands

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Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration’s massive dismantling of the federal workforce. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office

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Congress votes to kill Biden-era methane fee on oil and gas producers

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WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Congress has voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane, undoing a major piece of former President Joe Biden’s climate policy aimed at controlling the planet-warming “super pollutant.” The fee, which had not gone into effect, was expected to bring in billions

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