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UBC researchers captured rare footage of killer whales teaming up with dolphins to hunt fish off Vancouver Island, revealing an unexpected win-win feeding strategy.

The Center for Whale Research says they were able to confirm that southern resident J36, a member of J Pod, was seen pushing a deceased calf in Rosario Strait on Sept. 12.

Tens of thousands march in Barcelona as Spain, Italy, and Portugal hold mass protests condemning Israel’s aid blockade in Gaza and calling for stronger EU action.

The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) project will add a new three-berth terminal to the existing port site in Delta, increasing the port's capacity by 50 per cent.

A new report says a population of endangered killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state is showing no sign of recovery under the current conditions.

Researchers say higher quality drones helped them spot the whales regularly breaking off pieces of kelp to use as a tool, pressed between their bodies.

The program has expanded its voluntary ship slowdown at Swiftsure Bank, off Vancouver Island, to more effectively overlap with a “hot spot” of whale activity.

The baby, born to J-Pod, was first spotted by a field biologist with the Center for Whale Research near Victoria Harbour on Sunday.

The young Bigg's, or transient, orca was first spotted in the eastern Juan de Fuca Strait in Washington state on March 20.

The Centre for Whale Research says it has confirmed a new killer whale calf in a pod of endangered orcas that live off southwest British Columbia is female. 

As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

The group behind a plan to build a coastal refuge in Nova Scotia for captive whales says its bid to provide sanctuary to two orcas from a theme park in France has been rejected.

Trump said he would likely decide by the end of the day Thursday whether to put a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian oil imports that would take effect on Saturday.

J35 made international headlines in 2018 when she carried the young whale’s carcass with her for more than two weeks and 1,500 kilometres.

"I think it's fair to say from a scientific perspective, if they have the same hardwiring, they're going to have the same emotions (as humans)."

From movie and TV stars to musicians and other notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.

Canada's immigration minister also suggested Ottawa may be looking at boosting enforcement resources to crack down on irregular migrants who don't leave Canada.

Homan was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border and Trump’s pledge to launch the largest deportation operation in the country's history.

A key assumption about dwindling numbers of southern resident killer whales pins the blame on a lack of salmon, but a study out of the University of British Columbia has found they have twice the number of chinook available in summer as their much healthier cousins, the northern residents.

While the economy has been identified as a top concern among American voters, immigration is not far behind, with more people saying they want a clampdown at the borders.