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Stampeders receiver Begelton equally adept to catching fish as he is footballs
Calgary Stampeders' Reggie Begelton runs in a touchdown during CFL West Semifinal football action against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, in Calgary, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. The former Calgary Stampeders star receiver signed a reserve/future deal with Green Bay on Monday. The CFL club released Begelton last week to allow him to pursue opportunities south of the border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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MDA teams up with NGO to use historical satellite data to help combat illegal fishing
Lacey Malarky, an Oceana campaign manager on illegal fishing and transparency, monitors the GPS position of a fishing boat in the Atlantic ocean from her computer at the headquarters of the NGO Oceana on June 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. - From her desk in a building in downtown Washington, Lacey Malarky monitors fishing vessels that take advantage of the vastness of Earth's oceans to cheat in the belief that no one is watching. Malarky uses a website called Global Fishing Watch, which was launched by her employer, the NGO Oceana, with Google and a nonprofit called SkyTruth less than three years ago to trace where 70,000 fishing vessels have sailed since 2012. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)
u.s. business
WTO strikes global trade deals after ‘roller coaster’ talks
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala claps next to conference chair Timur Suleimenov after a closing session of a World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland June 17, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS
world
Brazil police probe ties to illegal fishing in case of missing British journalist
Benin Matis, 31, works with the Maiuruna, Matis and Canamari indigenous groups in the search of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira, on the Itaguaí river, in the Javari valley, in the municipality of Atalaia do Norte, Brazil, on June 9, 2022. - The family of a British journalist missing in the Amazon urged British and Brazilian authorities in London on Thursday to step up their efforts to find him. Dom Phillips, 57, a regular contributor to The Guardian, and Bruno Pereira, 41, a specialist in indigenous peoples, were reported missing on Sunday after they ventured into the middle of the Amazon rainforest. (Photo by Joao Laet / AFP) (Photo by JOAO LAET/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. business
EU acted like a fishing trawler in antitrust data searches, Meta lawyer says
The logo of Meta Platforms is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
opinion
A short list: Shorts-fun comedy for short attention spans
John Doyle
canada
Luxury ice fishing on Ontario’s Lake Nipissing brings comfy castles to chilly waters
world
Fishing talks held as French blockade of British boats looms
FILE PHOTO: The French Gendarmerie patrol boat Athos prepare to leave as a British trawler Cornelis Gert Jan is seen moored in the port of Le Havre after France seized on Thursday a British trawler fishing in its territorial waters without a licence, in Le Havre, France, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
canada
First Nation chiefs in N.B. say Fisheries Department ignoring fishing rights
Lobster boats head to drop their traps from Digby, N.S., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
world
Chemical cargo ship sinks off coast of Sri Lanka
This handout photograph taken and released by Sri Lanka Air Force on June 2, 2021 shows smoke billowing from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl which carrys hundreds of containers of chemicals and plastics, as its towed away from the coast of Colombo, following Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's order to move the ship to deeper water to prevent a bigger enviromental disaster. (Photo by - / Sri Lanka Air Force / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /Sri Lanka Air Force " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/Sri Lanka Air Force/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Some fishing areas closed after two more endangered right whales spotted in Canadian waters
In this March 28, 2018, file photo, a North Atlantic right whale appears at the surface of Cape Cod Bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. Canadian fisheries officials are challenging a draft report from their American colleagues that alleges fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michael Dwyer, File
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Britain withdraws patrol boats from waters off Jersey after post-Brexit fishing row
French fishing vessels block the port of St Helier in Jersey, Thursday, May 6, 2021. French fishermen angry over loss of access to waters off their coast have gathered their boats in protest off the English Channel island of Jersey. The head of a grouping of Normandy fishermen said about 50 boats from French ports joined the protest Thursday morning and gathered their fleet off the Jersey port of St. Helier. (Gary Grimshaw/Balliwick Express via AP)
canada
‘A new chapter’: Quebec First Nation signs five-year fisheries agreement with Ottawa
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette speaks in Halifax, on Feb. 17, 2021.
british columbia
Three banned from fishing, holding licences in Canada after overfishing violations
RCMP display some of the fish seized from three suspects who pleaded guilty to violating the Fisheries Act in 2019, in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - RCMP
canada
Mi’kmaq First Nation files lawsuit alleging intimidation, harassment in Nova Scotia lobster fishery
Indigenous lobster boats head from the harbour in Saulnierville, N.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan
sports
Jeff Gustafson reels in $100,000 catch down south
Canadian pro bass fisherman Jeff Gustafson celebrates winning his first Bassmaster Elite Series tournament in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday, February 28, 2021, in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, Seigo Saito
canada
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs say Ottawa’s new fisheries plan is unacceptable
Indigenous fishermen head from the harbour in Saulnierville, N.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan
opinion
Canada is failing its freshwater fish populations
Steven J. Cooke, Nicolas W. R. Lapointe and John P. Smol
canada
N.S. fishery sector to receive nearly $45-million in joint funding to help weather COVID-19 pandemic
Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Canadian Coast Guard Bernadette Jordan speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Canadarm maker MDA designing replacement for Radarsat-2 satellite
MDA, the maker of the Canadarm, says it has begun designing a replacement for its Radarsat-2 satellite, which is used by government agencies and corporations to monitor everything from illegal fishing to ice in the north.
canada
RCMP locate scallop vessel that led to loss of six fishermen in Nova Scotia
A man looks out onto the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S. in an area where empty life rafts from a scallop fishing vessel where reported on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. A Canadian firm says the RCMP are declining the free use of its state-of-the-art sonar to search for a fishing boat that sank off Nova Scotia last month, with six crew lost. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
canada
Membertou’s moment: How a Mi’kmaq nation found prosperity and a seafood empire
Since 1984, Chief Terry Paul has led the Membertou First Nation, an urban reserve neighbouring Sydney, Cape Breton's largest city.
canada
More than 63 tonnes of ‘ghost gear’ removed from Atlantic Ocean in 2020, Fisheries Department says
Fishing gear collected from the Atlantic Ocean.
british columbia
Plan to phase out Discovery Islands salmon farms decried by industry and local mayors
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan speaks in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Dec. 12, 2019.
world
Top EU negotiator says deal with U.K. to avert no-deal Brexit ‘still possible’
FILE PHOTO: EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier arrives for a meeting of ambassadors of European Union governments (COREPER) in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool
canada
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths, according to study
An 18-year-old southern resident killer whale, J34, was stranded near Sechelt, B.C., in December 2016. A report released Wednesday says human activity posses a deadly threat to killer whales. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fisheries and Oceans Canada-Paul Cottrell *MANDATORY CREDIT*
world
EU, U.K. in last-ditch Brexit talks but both sides cite ‘substantial’ differences
The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier returns to a hotel in London on Nov. 11, 2020.
canada
Ocean research group says right whale entanglements hurt animals’ reproductive health
A North Atlantic Right Whale is seen in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, in this undated handout photo from the World Wildlife Fund.
canada
Federal fisheries minister should resign over lobster dispute in Nova Scotia, Indigenous leader says
Indigenous fishermen adjust lines on their boat in Saulnierville, N.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Tensions remain high over an Indigenous-led lobster fishery that has been the source of conflict with non-Indigenous fishermen. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan
politics
Canadians split on whether to trust RCMP’s handling of East Coast fishing-rights dispute: Nanos poll
Indigenous fishermen adjust lines on their boat in Saulnierville, N.S. on Oct. 21, 2020.
canada
Nova Scotia RCMP releases images of persons of interest walking near fish plant that was burned
Persons of interest are seen near a fish plant in Middle West Pubnico, N.S., in a handout image.
canada
Second Mi’kmaq lobster fishery launched in Nova Scotia
Members of the Potlotek First Nation head out into St. Peters Bay from the wharf in St. Peter’s, N.S. as they participate in a self-regulated commercial lobster fishery on Oct. 1, 2020, which is Treaty Day.
canada
Three Mi’kmaq parliamentarians call for co-managed Indigenous fishery off Nova Scotia
Sipekne'katik First Nation fishing boats are seen in Saulnierville, N.S., on Sept. 20, 2020.