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Alaska Natives, advocates hail state's new restrictions aimed at helping chum salmon recover
The Alaska Board of Fisheries has announced a reduction in fishing opportunity for chum salmon by 30 per cent in southwest Alaska. Alaskan Natives, facing increasing food insecurity from a lack of salmon in the Yukon River for years, say it’s a good first step to help the species recover. Source link
CBC Sports reunites with Canadian Elite Basketball League, striking 5-year partnership
Highlighting CBC Sports’ five-year partnership with the 10-team Canadian Elite Basketball League, announced Tuesday, will be the broadcast of the first best-of-three league championship in August. Source link
Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors
A method for making quantum computers less error-prone could let them run complex programs such as simulations of materials more efficiently, thus making them more useful Source link
IN PHOTOS | See the 'blood moon' eclipse
Moongazers across Canada and abroad got treated to a full lunar eclipse early Tuesday. Source link
Matt Dunstone beats Braden Calvert in all-Manitoba battle at Brier
Matt Dunstone defeated Braden Calvert 6-3 in a battle of Manitoba skips on Tuesday morning at the Montana’s Brier in St. John’s. Source link
Justin Timberlake doesn't want impaired-driving arrest footage released. He's suing to stop it
Justin Timberlake is suing to block the release of police body camera footage from his impaired-driving arrest in New York’s Hamptons in 2024. Source link
Why the Chinese Communist Party's largest annual gathering matters
As China’s biggest political meetings of the year kick off on Wednesday, the world’s second-largest economy will deliver policy announcements and economic targets amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a contracting domestic economy. Source link
Former track athlete Stef Reid a leading voice in push to put figure skating on Paralympic programme
As a long jumper, Stef Reid never thought she’d need to learn how to land on ice. Now she’s part of a movement hoping to get figure skating into the Paralympics. Source link
Wall Street, global markets slammed with sell-off as war with Iran broadens
A worldwide sell-off of stocks is slamming onto Wall Street on Tuesday, and oil prices are leaping even higher as worries rise that the war with Iran is widening and may do more sustained damage to the global economy than feared. Source link
Prediction market bets on Iran strikes spur allegations of insider trading
Bets placed on the ouster of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drew scrutiny of prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi on Monday, sparking calls from Democratic U.S. lawmakers to outlaw wagers on military actions that could enrich officials with inside knowledge. Source link