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Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines

Unchecked climate change puts Canada’s West Coast in hot water

Accelerating climate impacts on the ocean outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have localized and serious ripple effects along the B.C. coast, particularly in the Salish Sea.
Rochelle Baker

Pierre Poilievre is ‘making it fun’ for these young people to be conservative

Leader Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada are “making it fun and exciting to be a conservative again,” says one young conservative at the annual Canada Strong and Free Networking conference.
Natasha Bulowski
Leam Dunn-Hopper, 22, at the annual Canada Strong and Free Networking conference on Wednesday, March 22. Photo by Natasha Bulowski / Canada's National Observer

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