Four stories in the news today, Sept. 1

Four stories in the news today, Sept. 1 from The Canadian Press:

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STATISTICS CANADA RELEASES GDP FIGURES

Statistics Canada is releasing GDP data today that is expected to show that the country slipped into a technical recession in the second quarter. According to Thomson Reuters, economists anticipate Statistics Canada will report that the economy shrunk at an annualized rate of 1.0 per cent in the April-June period.

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MOST NOT READY FOR FINANCIAL EMERGENCY: BMO

Canadians on average are socking away more money than they used to for dealing with potential financial emergencies, but a new survey has found that almost a quarter are still living paycheque to paycheque. The survey, conducted by Pollara for the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO), found that Canadians on average have $41,694 in emergency savings, up from an average of $35,237 in 2014.

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FISH HABITAT LESS PROTECTED UNDER HARPER: ANALYSIS

A statistical analysis of the Conservative government’s changes to environmental laws and procedures suggests Ottawa has “all but abandoned” attempts to protect Canada’s lakes and rivers.”Over the last decade, what we’ve seen is a not-so-gradual abandonment of the fish habitat protection field,” said University of Calgary law professor Martin Olszynski.

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B.C. MAN SAYS HE HAS THE WORLD’S LONGEST CUCUMBER

The record for the world’s longest cucumber might belong to a Kelowna, B.C., man who’s also vying to have the longest pickle on the planet. Daniel Tomelin, 54, said his garden has produced the king of all cucumbers, somehow splitting off from the crowd and going above and beyond his wildest expectations.

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