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Court says feds’ use of Emergencies Act ‘unreasonable’ as Ottawa loses appeal

The Federal Court of Appeal says former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government “did not have reasonable grounds to believe that a national emergency existed” when it invoked the Emergencies Act during the 2022 Freedom Convoy. The decision upholds a 2024 ruling by the federal courts in which Justice Richard Mosley found that the reasons provided

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Experts point to climate change as root cause of Victoria’s January blossoms

Its early blooming season has long been something Victoria has long liked to flaunt before its neighbours in less mild climates across the province and the country. But avid walkers in and around B.C.’s capital region have noticed spring blossoms showing up this year in volumes that are considered untimely even below the 49th parallel.

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B.C.’s sport fishing industry balks at salmon re-allocation that could put it last

B.C.’s recreational and sportfishing community is up in arms over a potential change to how the province allocates Pacific salmon stock, which proposes eliminating the principle that salmon are a public resource. British Columbia’s salmon allocation policy (SAP) was created in 1999 to guide the allocation and priority of allowable Pacific salmon harvest among First

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Suspect in spree of robberies in Maple Ridge and Langley faces 10 counts

Charges have been laid against a suspect arrested in December in connection with a three-day crime spree in Maple Ridge and Langley. Ridge Meadows RCMP Street Enforcement Unit (SEU) forwarded the results of its investigation to BC Prosecution Service, and the following 10 charges have been laid against 24-year-old Cole Mercer of Langley: • 4

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