Money, power and an ecosystem are all at stake in Canada-U.S. negotiations over a massive river

The Dalles Dam is located on the Columbia River about 140 kilometres east of Portland, Ore. Canada and the U.S. are negotiating the future of a treaty that helps control water flow and hydroelectric power benefits from dams along the Columbia. (Jessie Wardarski/AP) Walk along the banks of the Columbia River in B.C. and you might be forgiven for thinking it’s like any of the province’s other big waterways. You might spot salmon or sturgeon, or glimpse one of the more than 60 dams in the Columbia’s watershed.

But the Columbia is not like other rivers. For one, it crosses […]

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