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Author: Jenn Thornhill Verma
Publication Date: January 16, 2026 - 20:01
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Canada shores up commitment to protect high seas with UN treaty set to become law
January 16, 2026
A landmark agreement to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas becomes international law on Saturday, but Canada still has not ratified the agreement, a step that would give the country an official role in ocean conservation measures.
More than 80 nations have ratified the High Seas Treaty, formally known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).
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The deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is reverberating on the other side of the country in the small Newfoundland fishing community where the killer’s mother spent her early childhood and many of their family members still call home.
Police have identified Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, as the shooter. Van Rootselaar’s mother, Jennifer Jacobs, 39, and 11-year-old half-brother, Emmett Jacobs, were also found dead Tuesday at the family home in Tumbler Ridge. Van Rootselaar, who identified as a trans woman, then killed six people at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School before dying...
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