CBC News Nova Scotia
When to seek medical attention for strep throat
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- When to seek medical attention for strep throat
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- 4:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Strep throat is on the rise. Dr. Ryan Sommers with Nova Scotia Health says he is seeing an increase in the number of cases in Nova Scotia in the last few months. He says if you aren't recovering from strep throat symptoms within 48 hours, you should seek medical attention
#health #doctor #illness
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- Long-duration snow event headed to Nova Scotia
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says the province is in for four days of snow beginning Friday evening.
#winter #weather #snow
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- Dinosaur history over millions of years featured in new exhibit
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A new dinosaur exhibit features species never seen before in Halifax. Dinosaur Exploration runs at the Natural History Museum until June 23.
#dinosaur #museum #history
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- Ryan Sawyer's family sues Halifax Alehouse, former security guard
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ryan Sawyer died in hospital after being found unconscious on the street in front of the Halifax Alehouse on Christmas eve in 2022. Now, his family is suing the bar and the security guard working that night, claiming in a civil lawsuit that the bouncer's actions led to Sawyer's death.
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- Critter crossing: Wildlife making use of tunnel built under highway
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A wildlife tunnel built under a newly twinned section of Highway 101 in Nova Scotia appears to be working. The structure and the fencing leading to it were completed last year — and the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables has released images showing animals crossing underneath.
#wildlife #animals #tunnel
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- Why Jimmy Kimmel Live! used this clip from a CBC anchor
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- CBC host Amy Smith was shown during a segment about Dildo, N.L. on the popular late-night talk show. The clip was taken from the Jan. 25 show of Atlantic Tonight.
#jimmykimmel #cbc #novascotia
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- Lionel Desmond inquiry calls for better sharing of medical files
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The inquiry into killings by war veteran Lionel Desmond has listed 25 recommendations aimed at preventing future tragedies. Desmond died after killing his wife, daughter and mother seven years ago.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7100155
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- Housing prices will depend on inventory, experts say
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- High interest rates are keeping some people priced out of the housing market, but low inventory is driving demand and competition and keeping prices high, according to professionals in the industry. The Nova Scotia Association of Realtors data shows real estate prices were up over 2023, but sales were down.
#housing #realestate #housingmarket
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- Traffic tunnel would have taken commuters under Halifax harbour
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- 3:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Halifax Harbour Bridges is currently looking at its options when it comes to the MacKay Bridge, which links Halifax to Dartmouth. They either have to replace or rehabilitate it by 2040. But the city once considered a traffic tunnel that would pass by Georges Island.
#halifax #novascotia #traffic
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- Boxer Custio Clayton to fight in first professional match in his hometown
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Custio Clayton has been fighting mainly out of Montreal and Ottawa since he turned professional. He steps into the ring to fight Courtney Pennington on Feb. 2 in Halifax.
#boxing #fight #sports
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- What's the price of keeping university street parties under control?
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The cost of policing the last two street parties near Dalhousie University in Halifax was almost $96,000. A resident in the neighbourhood says people in the city should "be dismayed" by the resources that go into managing these off-campus parties.
#party #university #police
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- Food markets are struggling to keep local produce on the shelves
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Local produce is running out much earlier than usual this winter. It's another consequence of multiple extreme weather events that hit the Atlantic region last year. Taryn Grant reports.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7097501
#food #grocery #shoplocal
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- Energy poverty report paints a bleak picture in Nova Scotia
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- People are struggling to pay their bills as the cost of living keeps going up. That includes the cost to heat your home. A new report from EfficiencyOne on energy poverty in Nova Scotia names the top 10 communities where people are struggling. Nine of those communities are in Cape Breton.
#poverty #inflation #costofliving
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- Ice sculpture festival draws big crowds for local art
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Nine artists were showing off their ice-carving skills this weekend at the annual Downtown Dartmouth Ice Festival. Hundreds of people visited Portland Street in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to see the sculptures being made.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7097404
#winter #ice #art
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- Family skis through snowy streets
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Sandy Jenkins, Jennifer Singh, their daughter Cora and their dog Oakley were skiing down the streets of Halifax on Monday morning, as a nor'easter brought heavy snow to Nova Scotia. They spoke to the CBC's Brett Ruskin.
#weather #snow #skiing
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- Aquaculture rating system to provide more transparency for fish farms
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A coastal classification system that will rate areas for aquaculture suitability will also include shellfish operations like oyster and mussel farms. It was originally billed as a way to provide more transparency for fish farm sites like open-net salmon pens. The online platform in Nova Scotia will go live in March 2025.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7095223
#aquaculture #ocean #fish
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- An outdoor skating rink is run by this town — and it gets used a lot
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A vacant lot is transformed into an outdoor skating rink each winter. The town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, puts in the work to maintain the rink. Paul Palmeter has the story.
#winter #skating #iceskating
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- Curling champion returns to coach at Scotties Tournament
- Runtime
- 5:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Curling champion Colleen Jones will join the Nova Scotia team at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary in February. The six-time Canadian women's curling champion and former CBC reporter is now coaching Team Scotia.
#curling #scotties #sports
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- He spent 32 years in prison. This program helped him re-enter society
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Renford Harrier is one of two former inmates who told CBC that the Mobilizing Partnerships Project has made a huge difference in their lives after exiting the criminal justice system. The Black-led program will wrap up in March, but those involved hope new funding will allow it to continue.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7092090
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- Chili-eating world champion eats spicy food for a living
- Runtime
- 4:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- This Guinness World Record breaker eats hot peppers and hot sauce for a living. Mike Jack is on the new Disney+ series, 'Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People.' The Nova Scotia man spoke to CBC Nova Scotia Information Morning's Portia Clark about the "pure gumption" it takes to eat spicy food.
#disney #food #eating #cooking
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- What do the latest junior hockey allegations mean for the sports world?
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Five players from the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team have been ordered to surrender to police in Ontario to face charges, according to reporting from the Globe and Mail. Sports sociologist Cheryl MacDonald with the Centre for Sport, Business and Health at Saint Mary's University unpacks what this could mean in the sports world.
#sports #hockey #sportsnews
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- Messy weather could impact your Friday drive home in Nova Scotia
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says to expect some snow on Friday.
#snow #winter #weather
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- This family of 6 is living in a hotel because they can't find housing
- Runtime
- 4:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A man who immigrated to Canada in 2022 says he has struggled to find housing because of the size of his family. Fadi Saab says the housing crisis has forced his family to move five times in under two years, bouncing between different hotels and short-term rentals. Advocates say families are facing stigma in an already difficult rental market.
#housing #immigration #rent
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- United Way report offers glimpse rising cost of living impacts
- Runtime
- 5:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The impacts of the rising cost of living, the housing crisis and the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are highlighted in a new report from the United Way. Sue LaPierre, a Director with United Way Halifax, spoke with CBC's Amy Smith about the report's findings.
#inflation #housing #costofliving
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- Why this canal had to be temporarily drained
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- St. Peters Canal, a small passageway that connects boaters in Cape Breton from the Atlantic Ocean to the Bras d'Or Lake, has been drained to allow staff from Parks Canada to check for repairs. It's a process that happens once a decade.
#parkscanada #canal #boat
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- This couple took Air Canada to court over a flight delay — and won
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Their Air Canada flight from Toronto to New York was delayed seven hours in July 2022. Terry and Vicki Lynn Black were awarded $1,500 in Nova Scotia small claims court after fighting for compensation from Air Canada.
#business #airport #court
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- Another record year for warm weather in the Maritimes
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Thee Maritimes experienced some of the warmest temperatures on record in 2023 for the fourth consecutive year. Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon explains.
#weather #climatechange #temperature
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- African Heritage Month begins in Nova Scotia
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- African Heritage Month was proclaimed at Province House with many community members, musicians and officials in attendance. This year’s poster was created by Paul Adams Jr., an African Nova Scotian graphic designer. He's designed the official posters for the last 11 years.
#africanheritage #blackhistory #novascotia
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- Marijuana activist says he's leaving the industry behind as charges dropped
- Runtime
- 4:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Medical marijuana activist Chris Enns says he is leaving the cannabis industry behind, a move that comes as a federal prosecutor announced he was withdrawing trafficking charges against him.
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- Farmers fear climate change, aging dikes put land at risk
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Dikes have protected agricultural land along the Bay of Fundy for hundreds of years. But farmers in Nova Scotia are concerned maintenance is lagging as storms become more powerful.
#environment #climatechange #farming
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- Bundle up, very cold days ahead in Nova Scotia
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says the cold front will begin throughout the day on Tuesday. He said by the evening, it will feel like minus double digits when the wind is factored in.
#weather #winter #cold
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- One person injured after propane fire in tent encampment
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Police say two propane tanks, two lawn chairs, a propane appliance and a nearby tent were all damaged by the fire on Monday morning. It happened in a tent encampment in downtown Halifax. Fire officials say the cause is undetermined.
#fire #housing #halifax
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- University president reacts to federal cap on student visas
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- 4:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- There will be a cap on the number of student visas over the next two years, in response to Canada's housing crisis. Saint Mary's University president Robert Summerby-Murray says it will be challenging to know what the immediate implications will be.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7090779
#housing #students #studentlife
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- Remembering Frank Cameron at the CBC | From the archives
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- 4:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Frank Cameron's passing was announced this past Saturday. He was 85. From the archives, here are some career highlights at the CBC. This video originally aired in 1995 when Cameron retired along with fellow CBCer Doug Saunders.
#cbc #journalist #news
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- Loblaws backs away from plan to end 50% discount on expiring food
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Loblaw Companies Ltd. is backing down from its decision to get rid of a 50 per cent discount on food products nearing their best-before dates.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7089537
#groceryshopping #food #inflation
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- Willow caskets offer eco-friendly option after death
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- 4:14
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Basket weavers are using their skills to make death a little more environmentally friendly. Members of the Willow's Bend Collective near Antigonish, Nova Scotia are creating willow caskets as a biodegradable option for people who want to return to the earth.
#death #willow #basketmaking #environment #ecofriendly
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- Basketball tournament celebrates 40 years in Cape Breton
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The basketball tournament has hosted over 1,000 games to date in Cape Breton. A team of roughly 400 volunteers is getting things ready for the Coal Bowl Classic in February. The CBC's Amy MacNeil has more.
#basketball #sports #coalbowl
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- New program helps detect, prevent lung cancer earlier
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A new screening program will help people at very high risk of developing lung cancer. The initiative targets people aged 50 to 74 who have smoked daily for over 20 years.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7088793
#cancer #lungcancer #health
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- Lobster industry hit with rogue wave as U.S. moves to increase minimum size
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The U.S. increase was automatically triggered by surveys in the Gulf of Maine, including ones showing a continued decline in the abundance of young lobster. The measure was made to allow lobster more time to mature and reproduce. Paul Withers has the story.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7088478
#lobster #trade #fishing
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- Visually impaired students worry education changes won't prepare them for adulthood
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- 5:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Blind and visually impaired students are raising concerns about changes to their education programming, saying it will further marginalize blind youth and leave them ill-equipped for life after high school.
The Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority says the services have not been cut, but re-aligned to offer inclusive services closer to learners' home communities. Meanwhile the education department says it was assured APSEA will monitor the new service delivery model to ensure students get the skills they need.
#visuallyimpaired #education #apsea
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- Small businesses face COVID-19 pandemic loan repayment deadline
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- 5:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The deadline has passed to repay the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loans and get up to $20,000 of the loan forgiven. The federal government has ruled out further extensions. Duncan Robertson with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says a quarter of small businesses in Nova Scotia won't be able to meet the deadline.
#loan #business #finance
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- Shelburne County man accused of starting Nova Scotia's largest wildfire
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A 22-year-old man has been charged for allegedly starting a May 2023 wildfire near Barrington Lake. Some community members say the charges aren't enough, while others say it's good to see someone held accountable. The allegations haven't yet been tested in court.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7087387
#novascotia #wildfire #shelburnecounty
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- Another chilly day for Nova Scotia on Friday
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- CBC Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says the wind will make it feel much colder.
#winter #weather #cold
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- Charges laid in largest wildfire in Nova Scotia's history
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A 22-year-old man has been charged in relation to the Shelburne County wildfire. Dalton Clark Stewart, 22, is facing three charges under the Forests Act.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7087387
Watch full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UgDxC55JWE
#fire #wildfire #forest
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- PC government tightening its grip on legislative committee work | Analysis
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Progressive Conservatives loosened restrictions on the Nova Scotia legislature's public accounts committee after taking power in 2021. But in recent months, Tim Houston's government has used their majority to impose their will on the work of that committee and others.
Read more: www.cbc.ca/1.7085392
#novascotia #politics #conservative
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- More drugs are laced with dangerous tranquilizers, prompting calls for safer opioid access
- Runtime
- 6:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The drug supply in Nova Scotia is becoming increasingly contaminated with powerful tranquilizers, says Dr. Mike Gniewek. He says that can lead to more unpredictable and dangerous outcomes, such as overdoses and that safer opioid access is needed.
#halifax #opioidcrisis #addiction
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- Nova Scotia to ice up over the next few days
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says chilly temperatures are expected Thursday and through the weekend. He says temperatures will be more seasonal for much of next week.
#novascotia #weather #winter
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- A new emergency department is needed. These doctors are waiting for an update
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Doctors in Nova Scotia say the emergency department at Yarmouth Regional Hospital is outdated, no longer meets patients' needs and should be replaced. As Michael Gorman reports, they're calling for concrete timelines on a replacement.
Read more here: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7085539
#healthcare #novascotia #doctor
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- Wild animals to be treated at new veterinary clinic
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Wild animals that are sick or injured in Cape Breton will now have a better chance at survival, thanks to a new veterinary clinic. Hope For Wildlife is opening a building to provide emergency treatment for animals in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.
#wildlife #animals #animalrescue
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- Loblaws decision to remove 50% discounts will 'make life harder' for shoppers
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Update | Loblaws backs away from plan to end 50% discount on expiring food: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/92GW8pSHCnw
Loblaws says it will no longer offer 50% discount on expiring food. Grocery shoppers say the decision is going to hurt people struggling the most.
#groceryshopping #sale #inflation
