The Great American Eclipse
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The Great American Eclipse

A2ElementaryNovember 13, 202615 min
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With the new iPhone 18 Pro on TELUS, you're battery-maxing with 36 hours of playback for charge. So you can spend all day rock-maxing, techno-maxing, or even late 18th century Baroque-maxing. And with over $400 value in annual perks and benefits with TELUS Rewards, just for being a TELUS customer, it's the perfect soundtrack for perks-maxing.

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Together, you're life-maxing. Get it now at telus.com slash iPhone 18 Pro. conditions and exclusions apply, available with select plant activations. In 2002, Ryan Wedding was an Olympic snowboarder at the top of his game. Ryan's style is really gun it and go.

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And in less than a minute, it slipped away. But he continued to chase the high. Ryan James Wedding. He controls one of the most violent, drug trafficking organizations in this world. I'm Michelle Shepherd, and from CBC Podcasts and the Toronto Star, The Most Wanted Olympian.

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