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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)
u.s. politics
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
world
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.
world
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
The Mary River mine sits about 150 kilometres south of Pond Inlet, Nunavut. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.
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This indicator says inflation is about to fall dramatically
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange during morning trading on Oct. 18.
world
In liberal Oregon, Republican opportunity confronts an abortion shockwave
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2015, file photo, Oregon Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Eugene, speaks during a legislative forum at the Capitol in Salem, Ore. When Hoyle, Oregon's next labor commissioner, is sworn in on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, for the first time in Oregon history a majority of statewide elected executive offices will be held by women. Gov. Kate Brown and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will administer the oath of office to Hoyle. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
canada
Dawn Walker, who allegedly faked her death, hires high-profile lawyer Marie Henein
One of Canada's best known defence lawyers Marie Henein will be presenting a Saskatoon woman who allegedly faked her own death and that of her son's before they were found in the U.S. earlier this month. Henein attends a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Dawn Walker to be returned to Canadian officials, U.S. judge rules
Saskatchewan's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. Dawn Walker of Saskatoon is facing two charges in the United States related to identity fraud, and two charges in Canada relating to abduction and public mischief. She is being held in the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
National Indigenous group asks Ottawa to act quickly to bring Indigenous woman home
Dawn Walker and her seven-year-old son Vincent Jansen are shown in these Saskatoon Police Service handout photos. A woman who went missing with her son last month is one of three people nominated for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.Dawn Dumont Walker, whose book was published under the name Dawn Dumont and who police have identified as Dawn Walker, was last seen in Saskatoon with her seven-year-old son Vincent on July 22. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Saskatoon Police Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
canada
Family of Saskatoon woman being held in custody in U.S. urges Canada to extradite her home
Dawn Walker and her seven-year-old son Vincent Jansen are shown in these Saskatoon Police Service handout photos. A woman who went missing with her son last month is one of three people nominated for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.Dawn Dumont Walker, whose book was published under the name Dawn Dumont and who police have identified as Dawn Walker, was last seen in Saskatoon with her seven-year-old son Vincent on July 22. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Saskatoon Police Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
canada
Saskatoon woman who had been reported missing facing charges in U.S. and Canada, police say
Blue and red flashing sirens of police car during the roadblock in the city. Police patrol car with sirens off during a traffic control.
alberta
Missing 13-year-old Edmonton girl found alive in Oregon, 41-year-old man arrested
An Edmonton Police Service logo is shown on a lectern at a press conference in Edmonton, Oct. 2, 2017. Police say a missing 13-year-old Edmonton girl has been found alive in the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
Portland police identify suspect, victim in protest shooting
A police officer views the crime scene, where according to the Portland Police Bureau one person was shot dead and five others were wounded, at Normandale Park in Portland, Oregon, U.S., February 19, 2022. Picture taken February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mathieu Lewis-Rolland
canada
Half of Ontarians who died of opioid overdose in early pandemic had contact with health-care system: report
FILE - Debra Cross, director of operations for Provoking Hope, an addiction recovery center in McMinnville, Ore., displays an emergency kit used to treat opioid overdose as she stands inside an ambulance converted into a mobile needle-exchange unit on Dec. 9, 2021. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has announced an agreement with Oregon's cities and counties for the allocation of Oregon's approximately $329 million share of an historic $26 billion national settlement with the three largest distributors of opioids and the drug manufacturer. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)
world
Ex-columnist Nicholas Kristof ineligible to run for Oregon governor
FILE - Former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof talks about his candidacy for governor of Oregon on Oct. 27, 2021, in Portland, Ore. Oregon's secretary of state ruled Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021, that Kristof is not eligible to run for governor. Questions about Kristof's residency had dogged him even before he announced his candidacy in October. According to Oregon law, a candidate must have been a resident of the state for at least three years before an election. (AP Photo/Sara Cline, File)
opinion
China’s Evergrande mess is spreading and hurting big mining companies. The iron ore and steel party is over
Eric Reguly
opinion
The Pacific Northwest, strong and free: On the inevitable rise of Cascadia
Christopher Pollon
world
Heat wave hits Northwest, sending people to cooling centers
FILE - In this June 30, 2021 file photo Missoulians cool off in the Bitterroot River as temperatures crested 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Missoula, Mont. The Pacific Northwest is bracing for another major, multi-day heat wave in mid-August 2021 just a month after temperatures soared as high as 116 F in a record-shattering heat event that killed scores of the most vulnerable across the region. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino, File)
world
Evacuations lifted as progress made against western fires
A firefighter from New Mexico works amidst heavy ash and dust to help contain the Bootleg Fire near Silver Lake, Oregon, U.S., July 29, 2021. Picture taken July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Maranie Staab
inside the market
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Employees work at a newly opened Loblaws location, in Toronto, on Friday, Sept., 11, 2020.
world
Calls for outside help as extreme weather fuels Oregon wildfires
A log burns in an area hit hard by the Bootleg Fire near Bly Oregon, U.S., July 19, 2021. REUTERS/David Ryder
world
Largest U.S. wildfire grows, forces evacuation of wildlife station
In this photo provided by the Bootleg Fire Incident Command, firefighters battle the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Meteorologists predicted critically dangerous fire weather through at least Monday with lightning possible in both California and southern Oregon. (J. Michael Johnson/Bootleg Fire Incident Command via AP)
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California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons
In this photo taken with a drone provided by the Bootleg Fire Incident Command, a pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, is seen over the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Smoke and heat from a massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating "fire clouds" over the blaze — dangerous columns of smoke and ash that can reach up to 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) and are visible for more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. Authorities have put these clouds at the top of the list of the extreme fire behavior they are seeing on the Bootleg Fire, the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. (Bootleg Fire Incident Command via AP)
world
Unstable weather will continue to fuel huge Oregon wildfire
Firefighter Garrett Suza, with the Chiloquin Forest Service, mops up a hot spot on the North East side of the Bootleg Fire, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, near Sprague River, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
world
Fires threaten U.S. Indigenous lands in desiccated Pacific Northwest
SISTERS, OREGON - JULY 11: In this handout provided by the Oregon Department of Forestry, a firefighting tanker drops retardant over the Grandview Fire on July 11, 2021 northeast of Sisters, Oregon. The Grandview Fire had spread to nearly 6,000 acres before firefighters, aided by calmer winds, were able slow it at 10 percent contained amid dozens of blazes burning in the western U.S. fueled by record temperatures and drought. (Photo by Oregon Department of Forestry via Getty Images)
world
Wildfires torch homes, force evacuations across ten states in western U.S.
The Bootleg Fire smoke plume rises over power lines, Monday, July 12, 2021, near Klamath Falls, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
world
Records fall as unprecedented heat wave descends on Pacific Northwest
Shanton Alcaraz from the Salvation Army Northwest Division gives bottled water to Eddy Norby who lives in an RV and invites him to their nearby cooling center for food and beverages during a heat wave in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
football
Oregon safety Jevon Holland becomes first Canadian player selected in 2021 NFL draft
SANTA CLARA, CA - DECEMBER 31: Jevon Holland #8 of the Oregon Ducks celebrates with teammates after he intercepted a pass against the Michigan State Spartans during the first half of the Redbox Bowl at Levi's Stadium on December 31, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
canada
Tennessee receiver Palmer assumes top spot in final CFL scouting bureau top-20 list
Tennessee wide receiver Josh Palmer of Tennessee makes a catch in front of Georgia defensive back DJ Daniel during American Team practice Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Mobile, Ala., for the Senior Bowl college football game. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matthew Hinton
basketball
Maryland women pour it on Alabama 100-64 to reach Sweet 16
Maryland guard Katie Benzan (11) cheers on the reserves during the second half of a college basketball game against Alabama in the second round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Greehey Arena in San Antonio on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Maryland defeated Alabama 100-64. (AP Photo/Ronald Cortes)