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Measuring a Chinook salmon on the lower Fraser river.
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Alaskans close fisheries to protect BC Chinook salmon, while Canada fishes on

2017 August 312024 July 8

There are just as many warning signs that Chinook (spring) salmon in British Columbia are also returning in poor numbers. So why does Canada take a much greater risk with its salmon fisheries than Alaska? Fisheries on the Nass, Skeena and Fraser Rivers…

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Scientists Urge Canada to Protect Its Rainforests

2010 November 172024 July 8

Raincoast senior scientist Dr. Paul Paquet is a co-author of new book highlighting the urgent need for Canada to protect its rainforests as climate change insurance…

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Canadian Coyote Bounty – Killing Carnivores for Cash

2010 October 192024 July 8

by Camilla Fox and Chris Genovali

In seemingly contradictory comments, Nova Scotia’s Natural Resource Minister John MacDonnell has acknowledged publicly that coyote bounties “don’t work to control the population…”

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Now the ball is in Canada’s court

2009 December 132024 July 8

Montreal Gazette, December 11, 2009 Re: “U.S. EPA moves on climate as Congress stalls” (Gazette, Dec. 8) Now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that greenhouse-gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare, will Canada follow suit and harmonize with this policy?

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