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“It’s certainly not a disaster, but it’s sort of fair to below average, a bit more spotty and not as abundant as last year… What this will likely mean is that bears are going to have to travel further afield and moving across the landscape looking for food to get as many calories as they can.”

"The review (should) examine the issues in full, including surveillance of the sector, the selection process for audits, how audits are carried out, how sanctions are determined, and how the CRA – particularly the Review and Analysis Division – works with other government departments, especially national security and intelligence agencies," said Tim McSorley, the national co-ordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association, in a letter sent in June, said facial-recognition technology comes with privacy and reliability concerns, and that the Liberal party's use of such software "sends the wrong message to municipal, provincial, and federal election officials that this technology is ready for prime time.”

"It is in Canada's best interests to safeguard our waterways for healthy fish populations like the westslope cutthroat trout, respect Indigenous peoples' culture and way of life, and protect the environment for future generations."

Health Canada said 311 patients in Canada reported a case of Bell's Palsy after getting a COVID-19 shot, though that does not specifically mean the condition was caused by the vaccine.

Numerous political leaders and health-care experts across Canada have condemned Alberta's decision to eliminate isolation, testing, and contact-tracing measures. 

The rise came largely in full-time work, which rose by 83,000 or half a percentage point and occurred in multiple sectors.

The 325-square kilometre White Rock Lake wildfire jumped Highway 97, about 40 kilometres southeast of Kamloops, late Thursday.

The union had said members would begin a "sweeping" series of actions at Canadian airports, land borders, commercial shipping ports, postal facilities, and headquarters locations if a contract hadn't been reached by early this morning.

Like employment insurance, the guaranteed income supplement (GIS) is income-tested. That means the previous year's taxable earnings — including emergency benefits — factor into how much gets doled out in the next payment period (recipients are notified of their entitlements each July).