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Reporter’s notebook: Hey Canada, we know relations are strained. Can we talk?

Reporter’s notebook: Hey Canada, we know relations are strained. Can we talk?

Political threats, taunts and tariffs are changing how Canadians think about Americans. Relations are strained but not broken, yet. MPR News host Angela Davis led a road trip to Thunder Bay, Ontario, to listen. Here’s what she heard.
by Angela Davis

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Conservation group names Mississippi ‘most endangered’ U.S. river

Conservation group names Mississippi ‘most endangered’ U.S. river

The group American Rivers says the Mississippi faces threats including increased flooding and inadequate disaster prevention and response. In Minnesota, one environmental advocate says not much has been done to move the needle on the biggest source of pollution in the river — agriculture.
by Kirsti Marohn

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JBS Worthington plant workers demand safer work conditions

JBS Worthington plant workers demand safer work conditions

As the Trump administration sets the stage for faster processing speeds at pork and poultry plants, meatpacking workers at JBS Foods in Worthington are demanding safer work conditions in a new contract
by Hannah Yang

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Partnerships may pave the way to a more environmentally focused future in the mining industry

Partnerships may pave the way to a more environmentally focused future in the mining industry

Tribal nations in Minnesota have long raised concerns about pollution from taconite mines on the state’s Iron Range. The mining industry has been trying to find ways to produce iron using renewable energy. The University of Minnesota is conducting a study of what it calls ‘next generation steel’ to understand the economic and environmental benefits.
by Melissa Olson

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Amid a rift in the Canada-U.S. relationship, MPR News checks in with our northern neighbors

Amid a rift in the Canada-U.S. relationship, MPR News checks in with our northern neighbors

MPR News host Angela Davis and MPR News senior economics contributor Chris Farrell headed to Thunder Bay, Ontario to hear how people who live near the Minnesota-Canada border feel about the changing relationship between the countries. “Our Canada Connections” airs Monday at 9 a.m.
by Nina Moini, Angela Davis, Chris Farrell and Cari Dwyer

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Tritium found in two more monitoring wells near Monticello nuclear plant

Tritium found in two more monitoring wells near Monticello nuclear plant

The utility has been working to recover radioactive tritium from as much as 900,000 gallons of contaminated water that leaked into the ground at its Monticello nuclear plant more than two years ago. The tritium levels in both monitoring wells are below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's limit for safe drinking water.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Al Sharpton calls meeting with Target's CEO amid DEI backlash 'very constructive and candid'

Al Sharpton calls meeting with Target's CEO amid DEI backlash 'very constructive and candid'

Target’s chief executive officer is planning to meet this week with the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton's civil rights organization has encouraged consumers to avoid U.S. retailers that scaled backed their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
by The Associated Press

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