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There could be major changes ahead this tourist season in regulations governing how close vessels can get to southern resident killer whales. Kylie Stanton reports.

Another female orca calf has been discovered dead near Vancouver Island, leading researchers to question why this is happening. As Kylie Stanton reports, the mother was seen pushing her calf’s body — a scene now too familiar among the southern resident killer whale population.

A successful program that protects Southern Resident Killer Whales by slowing down ships has been expanded to include another ‘hot spot’ for whale activity. Kylie Stanton reports.

For the second time in two months, a pod of endangered orcas off B.C.’s South Coast – has welcomed a brand new member. It’s a sign of hope for the southern resident killer whale population: a newborn calf born into J-Pod.

Conservationists on the B.C. coast are disappointed with the lack of urgent federal action to protect southern resident killer whales. For months, they’ve been calling for emergency action, but as Paul Johnson reports, they learned this week it won’t be happening.

B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad faces a fracturing caucus with one MLA expelled and two others leaving the party, with experts the party could lose between five and 13 MLAs by the time the dust settles. Dozens of women march in downtown Vancouver amid pressures to undo rights won after hard-fought battles. A B.C. Ironworkers...

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.