Georgia Strait

• New Nanaimo-Vancouver passenger ferry completes inaugural sailing

  After power outages and winds cancelled Hullo's planned launch on Monday, the company hit the water Wednesday to complete its inaugural sailing between Nanaimo and Vancouver.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2023
  
• Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft carries out marine rescue near Richmond

  Aerial footage showed the hovercraft approaching the vessel, whose stern appeared to be low in the water.

  Nov 19, 2019
  
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• Sick whale spotted off B.C. coast, scientists hoping to get J50 medicated soon

  Attempts to save a sick killer whale off Vancouver Island have been hindered by fog and the whale's location.

  Aug 8, 2018
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• WATCH: Man vs. mammal, commercial herring fisherman films sea lion feeding frenzy

  A fisherman for more than 40 years, Marsden feels the sea lion population has exploded over the past few years with this year being the worst he's ever experienced.

  Mar 16, 2017
• Large waterspout spotted off the coast of Nanaimo

  WATCH: Viewer video of yesterday’s watersprout. Submitted by Todd Ross. If you were in Nanaimo on Thursday and saw what looked like a water tornado, you weren’t dreaming. A waterspout watch was issued by Environment Canada yesterday at 5 p.m after one was spotted a few kilometers off the city’s coast. They form in much...

  Weather

  Apr 24, 2015
• Medical emergency forces Harbour Air to make a precautionary landing

  A Harbour Air seaplane had to make an emergency landing in the Strait of Georgia on Thursday morning due to the pilot feeling faint.

  Apr 2, 2015
• Two people swim to safety from sinking tugboat on Strait of Georgia

  A tugboat sank in the Georgia Strait this afternoon, but the two people on board were able to swim to a nearby island.

  Mar 18, 2015