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• LANSING, Mich., March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Accident Fund is proud to recognize President's Club Award honorees and Regional Agency of the Territory winners, representing high-performing agent partners across the U.S.
• Recipients of this important award exhibited outstanding results in premium, cumulative loss ratio and premium retention in 2023.
• Accident Fund is proud to recognize President's Club Award honorees and Regional Agency of the Territory winners.
• "Accident Fund congratulates all of our winners for the hard work and care shown throughout the year," said Mike Valiante, senior vice president of Small Commercial Market, AF Group.

• Organigram Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OGI) (TSX: OGI), (the “Company” or “Organigram”) enthusiastically supports the Standing Committee on Finance’s recent recommendation on the Excise Duty framework.
• In a recently released report, titled ‘Shaping our Economic Future: Canadian Priorities,’ the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has unanimously recommended adjusting the excise duty formula for cannabis so that it is limited to a 10% ad valorem rate, and modifying the duty's operation, including applying excise stamps on cannabis products.
• “The pre-budget recommendation could not have come at a better time,” said Beena Goldenberg, CEO of Organigram.
• “Excise reform is critical to the long-term viability of the Canadian cannabis industry.

• To date, the effects of climate change on global rainfall has been uncertain.
• Our findings have deep implications for a large proportion of the world’s population – including millions of Australians.

Navigating the uncertainty of rain projections

• For future projections, climate models are driven by emissions scenarios representing various possible emissions trajectories.
• This means different climate models often produce different rainfall projections, especially at a regional level.
• We wanted to investigate the extent to which climate models “agree”, or produce similar projections, about how CO₂ emissions may affect future rainfall around the globe.
• Read more:
  Yes, a few climate models give unexpected predictions – but the technology remains a powerful tool

The global hotspots

• In contrast, for Finland, North Korea, Russia, Canada and Norway, more than 90% of models agreed on a trend towards increasing annual rainfall.
• All up, the regions getting wetter or drier under global warming cover a vast proportion of the globe.
• If we experience very high emissions instead, 66% of the world’s population – or five billion people – would be affected.
• Many of these regions are already experiencing the wetting and drying effects of climate change.

A spotlight on Australia

Our analysis for Australia found climate models agree on a significant drying hotspot over the Indian Ocean, engulfing Australia’s southwestern and south coasts. Spring was the season with the greatest rainfall reduction over this region.

• Under a very high emissions scenario, half of models indicate future drier conditions for Victoria.
• Other states and territories with agreement for a drier future winter, also under a high emissions scenario, include the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia.
• Under very high emissions, as the impacted region expands fourfold towards western Victoria, around 8 million Australians could be affected.

Looking ahead

As climate change accelerates, it’s essential to understand the potential changes in global rainfall and the consequences on human populations. My colleagues and I hope our findings reduce uncertainty about how rainfall patterns will shift around the world, and help governments and communities to design effective ways to adapt.
Ralph Trancoso leads the Queensland Future Climate Science Program - a collaborative program between the University of Queensland and Queensland's Department of Environment and Science undertaking applied climate science to support climate adaptation and natural disaster preparedness.

• Houston, TX, Nov. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Everest Funeral Concierge is thrilled to announce a ground-breaking partnership with CBS Sports Network , Curling Canada and USA Curling to introduce the Everest North American Curling Club Championships.
• "Everest is thrilled to expand our legacy of curling innovation with this event sponsorship," said Mark Duffey, President and CEO, Everest Funeral Concierge.
• The Everest North American Curling Club Championships will enable curlers from both Canada and the USA to reach new levels of competition and engage both existing and new curling fans through the CBS Sports Network broadcast event.”
  The event will see the Everest Canadian Curling Club Champions face off against the USA Curling Club Nationals Champions to crown the Men’s and Women’s North American Champions.
• The Everest North American Curling Club Championships will now become the ultimate achievement for curlers on both sides of the border.