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Sewage in the Seine: New tests show the river remains unswimmable with three weeks to the Olympics
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoParis mayor Anne Hidalgo shakes hands with French president Emmanuel Macron. - AP Photo Is this...
American swims in Seine River before Paris Olympics despite contamination concerns
The Globe and Mail· 4 days agoA 76-year-old American swimmer took a dip in the Seine River on Thursday, braving the murky waters...
Olympics festival mood will 'not be spoilt' by rise of far-right, says Paris mayor
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoThe festival mood surrounding the Olympic Games "will not be spoilt" in Paris this summer by the...
Rosie DiManno: Making Paris bearable for athletes despite heat and bacteria looks to be an Olympic...
Toronto Star· 6 days agoFaster, Higher, Stronger — as the Olympics motto. The City of Light is having more than a moment of...
Green dreams of the Paris Olympics in meltdown as organisers U-turn on air conditioning
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days ago“I want the Paris Games to be exemplary from an environmental point of view,” said Paris mayor Anne ...
No AC but the ‘greenest’ ever Games? Inside Paris’ landmark Olympic Village
CNN via Yahoo Canada Sports· 5 days agoWith no AC in the athletes’ accommodation, air filters lining the streets and beds made from...
This 75-year-old took a dip in the Seine. But is it ready for Olympic athletes? | CBC Radio
CBC.ca· 3 days agoDespite poor water quality results in the Seine River, and angry Parisians threatening to defecate...
Who is the 28-year-old vying to be France’s PM, and what might his far-right party do in power?
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoJordan Bardella’s political rise as leader of the French National Rally (RN) party has been swift....
Olympics-Seine water quality improving, Paris authorities say
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoWater pollution levels in Paris' Rive Seine have improved, data showed on Thursday, three weeks...
French candidates bow out in bid to block far-right
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoPARIS (Reuters) -Opponents of France's National Rally (RN) stepped up their bid to block the far-right party from power on Tuesday as more candidates...