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Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like spikes used for defence, building nests: study
A spike-tooth Salmon fossil is shown on display at the University of Oregon in this handout image. About five million years ago, the largest salmon known to have lived migrated through the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest, and a new paper uses revelations from fossil discoveries to reimagine and rename the great fish. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of Oregon *MANDATORY CREDIT *
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Terminally ill in U.S. ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
Deb Robertson looks at a wall crafts with her chemo caps at her Lombard, Ill. home, Thursday, March 21, 2024. She didn’t cry when she learned two months ago that the cancerous tumors in her liver were spreading, portending a tormented death. But later, she cried after receiving a call that a bill moving through the Illinois Legislature to allow certain terminally ill patients to end their own lives with a doctor’s help had made progress. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
energy and resources
Cenovus Energy to invest $1.5-billion in Ohio refineries over next five years
Athabasca Oil Corp. and Cenovus Energy Inc. have closed a previously announced deal creating a new joint venture stand-alone company called Duvernay Energy Corp. Cenovus Energy logos are on display at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Person comes forward to claim $1.3-billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon
A Powerball ticket is seen at a 7-Eleven on Friday, April 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. The ticket did not win the jackpot. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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No tsunami danger to B.C. after earthquake in Taiwan, officials say
In this image taken from a video footage run by TVBS, a man checks a partially collapsed building in Hualien, eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.(TVBS via AP)
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Oregon was the first state to decriminalize drug possession. As overdose deaths rise, many want a repeal
A person holds drug paraphernalia near the Washington Center building on SW Washington St. in downtown Portland, Ore. on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Three years ago, nearly two-thirds of Oregon voters approved a ballot measure decriminalizing illicit drugs, backing the idea that addiction treatment is more effective than jail. But now, public drug use in cities such as Portland and a surge in fentanyl overdose deaths have created a backlash against the first-in-the-nation law. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)
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Icy blast gripping U.S. blamed for 14 deaths in Tennessee, as Oregon braces for another round of cold
A man shovels snow from a sidewalk in front of Mugshots Grill & Bar, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in downtown Florence, Ala. (Dan Busey/The TimesDaily via AP)
politics
Former assistant RCMP commissioner tells court he was a fan of Cameron Ortis’s work
Cameron Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence director accused of disclosing classified information, returns to the Ottawa Courthouse during a break in proceedings in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
british columbia
U.S. man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex exploitation of three B.C. children
politics
RCMP national security program depends on trust of partners: civilian member tells trial of former boss Cameron Ortis
Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. A former colleague of Ortis, who is accused of disclosing secrets to people of interest to police, has testified in court that Ortis never mentioned taking part in undercover operations.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
energy and resources
U.S. regulators approve natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmental protests
Steel pipes neatly stacked against blue sky
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Oregon at forefront of lucrative psychedelics business
Psilocybe cubensis, known colloquially as psychedelic "magic" mushrooms, are seen at Rose City Laboratories, where the psilocybin-containing mushrooms will be tested for potency in accordance with Oregon state law, in Portland, Oregon, on May 10, 2023. Since January 1 Oregon has legalized the adult use of psilocybin, the active hallucinogenic component of magic mushrooms, but only under the supervision of a licensed psilocybin facilitator and only at a state-sanctioned psilocybin service center. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Washington State defies its neighbours and moves to enact new laws against drugs
The U.S. and Washington flags fly at Peace Arch Historical State Park in Blaine, Wash., across the Canada-U.S. border from Surrey, B.C., on Saturday, December 19, 2020. With the Canada-U.S. border closed to all but essential travel due to COVID-19, people meet in the U.S. park due to a treaty signed in 1814 that allows citizens of Canada and the U.S. to unite in the park without technically crossing any border. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
u.s. politics
Ex-FBI supervisory agent arrested on Capitol riot charges
FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack. The sentence that a U.S. District Court judge imposed on 25-year-old Patrick McCaughey III on Friday, April 14, 2023, was approximately half the length of the prison term that prosecutors had recommended. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Idaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill into law
FILE PHOTO: A "90 years of service" poster hangs on the side of Planned Parenthood after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo
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Fentanyl’s rise in rural Oregon puts decriminalization efforts to the test
Jeremiah Messer, 30, who has been clean from fentanyl for 90 days, describes the drug as “so much stronger” than heroin. He was photographed Jan. 17, 2023.
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Conservative Oregon counties look to shift state boundaries and join reliably Republican Idaho
Chimney sweep Grant Darrow, photographed Jan. 16, 2023, has been a key promoter of the Greater Idaho movement.
travel
Gourmet getaway: Truffle hunting in Oregon
A competitor and his dog sniffing for truffles. images for the Oregon Truffle Festival travel piece, written by Bruce Sach.
report on business
Ottawa turns down Baffinland’s iron ore expansion plans in Nunavut
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