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Global National: Sept. 3, 2023 | Burning Man festival turns into muddy nightmare

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What was supposed to be a nine-day event full of self-expression and art has turned into a nightmare in Nevada. Tens of thousands of people at the Burning Man festival are stranded after the equivalent of two to three months worth of rain fell in just 24 hours, swamping what is usually a desert. Redmond Shannon explains what campers are being told to do and how they’re coping.

Typhoon Haikui is set to crash into southeastern China and Hong Kong leaving more than 30 million people on alert. The powerful storm has already hammered Taiwan. As Mackenzie Gray explains, it’s the largest storm to hit that island since 2019.

Climate activists have long urged corporations to prioritize green over greed. Now, environmentalists are taking aim at people leading those companies and what they do outside of the office. Anne Gaviola explains the enormous effect the ultra-wealthy have on the planet and what critics are calling for.

New Brunswick has one and now Saskatchewan has a policy on gender pronouns in schools. If a child or teen under 16 wants to change their preferred name or pronoun they’ll need their parents' permission. An LGBTQ2 group in Regina calls that unconstitutional and is taking legal action against the province. As Touria Izri reports, advocates say rules like this will put students in danger.

In Manitoba, the one-month countdown has begun to the provincial election. While the writ doesn’t drop until Tuesday, party leaders have been unofficially campaigning for weeks. The incumbent Premier Heather Stefanson will try to win a third government for the Progressive Conservatives. She faces stiff competition from the NDP’s Wab Kinew. Global’s Chief Political Correspondent David Akin has more.

It's been 25 years since Swissair Flight 111 crashed off the shore of Nova Scotia. A ceremony was held at the Peggy's Cove memorial site on Sunday as families, dignitaries, and members of the Canadian Armed Forces joined in its commemoration.

It is one of the biggest days in Canadian sporting history: Canada stunned Spain — the world’s No. 1 basketball team — to move on to the next round of the FIBA World Cup. More importantly, the men punched their ticket to next summer’s Olympics in Paris. Eric Sorensen explains how it all unfolded.

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