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Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

VANCOUVER — Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body's estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly half this week.
NATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic to focus on Russia, climate change

NATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic to focus on Russia, climate change

OTTAWA — Canada’s longstanding resistance to NATO’s involvement in the Arctic appears to be thawing amidst warming temperatures and a coinciding increase in Russian and Chinese activity in the region.
40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing

40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing

VANCOUVER — Forty people who were living in a street encampment on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that is being cleared by city workers have accepted offers of accommodation, BC Housing says.
Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case

Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to shield "sensitive or potentially injurious information" from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant.
More than 1.3 million immigration applications in backlog amid humanitarian crises

More than 1.3 million immigration applications in backlog amid humanitarian crises

OTTAWA — Canada's immigration minister now projects it will take only a few months longer than originally hoped to get application wait times back on track, even though the crisis in Ukraine and other "external" events have worsened the backlogs.
Quebec's CAQ leads rivals in fundraising ahead of election, Liberals in last place

Quebec's CAQ leads rivals in fundraising ahead of election, Liberals in last place

MONTREAL — Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Québec party is dominating its rivals in fundraising and in the polls — days before the province's fall election campaign is scheduled to begin.
N.W.T.'s 2022 wildfire season has nearly doubled five-year average for area burned

N.W.T.'s 2022 wildfire season has nearly doubled five-year average for area burned

YELLOWKNIFE — The 2022 wildfire season in the Northwest Territories is shaping up to be one of the most severe in the past five years.
First Indigenous Supreme Court nominee Michelle O'Bonsawin speaks at Parliament

First Indigenous Supreme Court nominee Michelle O'Bonsawin speaks at Parliament

OTTAWA — Incoming Supreme Court of Canada judge Michelle O'Bonsawin, poised to become the first Indigenous member of that bench, says she's a "tell it like it is person" and a lifelong student.
Canada has short window to get ahead of U.S. hydrogen efforts, backer warns

Canada has short window to get ahead of U.S. hydrogen efforts, backer warns

OTTAWA — It is feasible to start exporting small shipments of Canadian-made hydrogen to Europe within three years but only if everyone moves quickly, the chairman of a company behind one of the biggest proposed green hydrogen projects in Atlantic Can
'I want to apologize for the RCMP,' Commissioner Lucki tells N.S. shooting probe

'I want to apologize for the RCMP,' Commissioner Lucki tells N.S. shooting probe

HALIFAX — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki apologized Wednesday for her force's failure to meet public expectations during the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, saying she hopes trust will return with time.
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