Daily Digest missing on Thursday
Something went wrong with the Daily Digest on Thursday, so you probably missed some interesting articles if you didn't go directly to the website. For those of you who missed them, here they are again, plus a few extra!
French musician carried off by a bear in Canada
French composer Julien Gauthier was killed by a bear while recording sounds on a canoeing trip in remote northwestern Canada last week. Gauthier, 44, was travelling with a friend in Canada’s Northwest Territories, where he was gathering recordings of nature for use in his music.
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3,000 bio Grenache vines vandalised near Béziers
Alban Boyer, a young vigneron from Puissalicon, Hérault was horrified to find almost 3,200 vines were deliberately cut a few days before the beginning of the harvest. This represents 5,000 litres of wine.
Beach closed after shark sighting
Lifeguards spotted a blue shark 20 metres from the shoreline at La Teste-de-Buch, in Arcachon bay, a day after a similar shark was spotted off Lacanau, Gironde.
