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It’s heartening, especially once viewers realize these are fellow Borderland escapees who have picked themselves up from the dire circumstances that led to their otherworldly journey in the first place.

Canada Post said operations will shut down during the strike, leaving mail and parcels undelivered for millions and adding it would compound the corporation's already dire financial woes.

But hundreds of thousands more remain there in dire humanitarian conditions, with health and other essential services collapsing.

The public doesn’t seem to be aware of how dire the crisis is.

Borysenko, in an appearance last week, painted a dire picture for Fox’s audience, claiming that the left’s “primary goal is the violent overthrow of the federal government.”