The daily high of nearly 50 C in B.C. was much hotter, but it wasn't as far outside normal because the province had a higher baseline temperature than Alberta, the research found.

Researchers using surveillance technology that can peer down on vessels from space have for the first time shed light on the extent and locations of transshipments, an innovation going back to the 1960s that has also been linked to illegal fishing, drug smuggling and human rights abuses.

B.C. biologist Kyle Artelle and his team looked for 11 different indicators that those four basic principles — measurable objectives, clear evidence, transparency and independent review — were being used.