Burrard Inlet

• Urban runoff ‘disastrous to our way of life,’ Tsleil-Waututh Nation says

  Tsleil-Waututh Nation has been working for years to revitalize the Burrard Inlet. They recently launched a story map, 'Restoring a Healthy Inlet,' to engage the community for help.

  Environment

  Nov 21, 2023
  
• DFO raises alarm about ‘rampant illegal fishing’ in protected B.C. waters

  While some species of rockfish are designated "of special concern" under the federal Species at Risk Act, protected areas are meant to include all finfish.

  Environment

  Sep 1, 2023
  
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• Search suspended for Surrey man missing after renting boat from Granville Island

  The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says it was alerted to an unmanned 17-foot rental boat drifting through English Bay Wednesday afternoon.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2022
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• Loud blast, plumes of steam or gas from cargo ship near Lions Gate Bridge

  North Vancouver fire crews are responding.

  Aug 6, 2019
• ‘Completely oblivious’: Video catches boat speeding through orca pod near Vancouver

  The boater broke rules imposed by the federal government that require vessels to stay at least 400 metres away from killer whales.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2019
• Broken water main sends flood of muddy, oily effluent into Burrard Inlet

  Photos from the scene showed a large, brown bloom of effluent with some oily sheen expanding into the ocean.

  Jan 23, 2019
• Runaway barges in Coal Harbour cause over $1M in damage

  Vancouver police described the barges, which broke loose around 5 a.m., as “very heavy, loaded with containers and each about the size of a soccer field."

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2018
• Feds announce new monitoring of vessel noise impacts on endangered killer whales

  "These whales are at the brink of extinction."

  Environment

  Oct 22, 2018
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• First Nations have specific, measurable requests that could save Trans Mountain pipeline

  Rerouting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to avoid an aquifer and ensuring another community is immediately notified of a spill are among the steps Ottawa could take to address Indigenous concerns.

  Economy

  Sep 7, 2018
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• Police remove pipeline protesters dangling from Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

  Greenpeace Canada is taking responsibility for the aerial blockade, which it says is to protest the Trans Mountain oilsands oil tanker traffic.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2018