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The federal government is putting in new speed limits and fishing closures to protect the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. The measures are designed to protect the endangered species from noise and pollution and improve their hunting territory.

Global’s Paul Johnson gets a tour of what’s billed as a major step forward in research and the preseervation of coastal species like Southern Resident killer whales.

Researchers believe a 47-year-old grandmother orca missing from the endangered Sourthern Resident whales is likely deceased

Experts from across North America have gathered in Vancouver to discuss how to better protect B.C.’s dwindling southern resident Killer Whale population. Linda Aylesworth reports.

As part of a $1 billion program to protect Southern resident killer whales, Washington State is partially banning whale watching off its coast for at least the next three years. Linda Aylesworth has reaction.

The federal government is putting $1 million into research to try to find out why the southern resident killer whale population isn’t getting enough of its primary food, chinook salmon.

Report concludes project-related marine shipping is likely to cause significant adverse environmental impacts on the southern resident killer whale.

At a press conference Wednesday, Christianne Wilhelmson of the Georgia Strait Alliance explained the goal of a new lawsuit calling for emergency review of threats to southern resident killer whales.

At a press conference Wednesday, lawyers for Ecojustice announced a lawsuit filed against the federal government demanding an emergency review of threats to southern resident killer whales.

Six high-profile conservation groups are suing the federal government, demanding that Ottawa issue an “emergency order” to protect the endangered southern resident killer whales. Linda Aylesworth reports.

In a video provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists work to administer antibiotics to J50, a sick orca in the endangered Southern Resident killer whale pod.

The federal government has unveiled new protections for B.C.’s southern resident killer whales, including doubling the distance boats must maintain. Linda Aylesworth has the details.

The federal government is putting forward new funds to help protect resident killer whales. As Jordan Armstrong reports the department of fisheries and oceans is supporting research that examines the impact of underwater noise.

Video taken on April 28 off the coast of Oregon appears to show a new orca in the southern resident’s K Pod.

There is renewed concern about the dwindling Southern Resident killer whale population. A grandmother orca is presumed dead after going missing several months ago. And as Kylie Stanton reports, her death will likely send ripple effects through her family.

The southern resident killer whale that broke hearts around the world with her reaction to the death of her calf is pregnant again. J35, as she’s known to researchers, carried the body of her newborn calf for more than two weeks after it died in 2018.

There is a new edition to B.C.’s endangered southern resident killer whale population. The Orca Network is reporting that a killer whale known as L-86 has given birth to a new calf.

Marine mammal experts investigating the death of a southern resident killer whale near Sechelt have made a troubling discovery. As Linda Aylesworth reports, they now have to determine whether a severe injury suffered by J-34 was what actually killed him.

The federal government announced it will spend more than 160 million dollars on immediate action to protect endangered whales and as Linda Aylesworth reports, it includes help to address threats to the southern resident killer whale population.

The federal government announced new measures at a press conference Friday morning to help protect the population of Southern Resident Killer Whales living off the coast of B.C.