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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Parks Canada staff survey a bat colony in a Jasper National Park cave.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Indigenous Languages Commissioner Ronald Ignace]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Flag]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kyle Seeback]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Burrard Thermal Power Plant at Port Moody was shut down in 2016 as BC Hydro was required to use only renewable sources. Its decommissioning will take until 2030, with BC Hydro already in need of reliable backup power. ]]></image:caption>
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