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A group of First Nations has filed a lawsuit over a massive hydroelectric dam proposed in northeastern British Columbia, arguing the project would have a devastating impact on their traditional land.

A Canadian senator from New Brunswick says an American tour company's description of a small island at the centre of a longstanding sovereignty dispute is "unacceptable."

The province says that up to 30 per cent of the lobster caught every year in the Atlantic region goes unreported, representing about $400 million in under-the-table sales.

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates, according to a new study.

The Hawaiian humpback whale, nicknamed Astroboy, was spotted by crew and passengers aboard the Prince of Whales whale watching company about 12 nautical miles from Departure Bay.

The tires, nearly three metres tall and stuffed with styrofoam, washed up in Shelter Bay in Campbell River on Vancouver Island recently.

Last year, West Coast Fishculture (Lois Lake) pleaded guilty and was fined $350,000 for illegally operating the steelhead salmon farm near Powell River.

There are grunts and growls, knocks and croaks but the wild sounds detected by a team of British Columbia researchers don't belong to any of the province's famous forest creatures.

The Mounties stressed the accused didn’t intend to damage essential infrastructure or harm national security.

Solicitor General Michael Kerzner appeared to punt the responsibility back to the federal government while claiming the Ontario government is "not abandoning the whales."

The Nova Scotia government has approved plans for construction of North America’s first coastal refuge for whales and dolphins retired from marine theme parks.

A group of marine research scientists from around the world have recently tagged 16 great white sharks off the coast of Nova Scotia. 

Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says the federal government will not grant an export permit to ship the 30 whales to the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom aquarium.

Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson earlier this week denied Marineland's request to export 30 belugas to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, an aquarium in China.

An investigation is underway into how three sperm whales washed ashore off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the situation at Marineland is "terrible" for the 30 belugas that remain there, the last captive whales in Canada.

Anglers must have the proper licence and are limited to two sockeye and four pink salmon per day, according to a Fisheries and Oceans Canada notice.

The Niagara Falls, Ont., park threatened to euthanize its 30 beluga whales if the federal government didn't inject emergency funds for their care.

Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson denied Marineland's request last week for a permit to ship Canada’s last captive whales to buyers at an aquarium in China.

B.C. conservation groups are sounding the alarm over a cut to a government program they claim poses a serious threat to fish stocks.