Beluga

• ‘We need to get them out’: Beluga trainer fired by Marineland speaks out

  Marineland's crumbling infrastructure, staffing shortage and lack of resources have created dangerous conditions for its belugas, a fired beluga trainer says.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2025
  
• Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to help Marineland’s 30 belugas amid euthanasia threat

  Governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at Marineland, which has threatened to euthanize the whales if the park does not receive emergency funds from Ottawa.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2025
  
• Advertisement
• Another beluga, seal have died at Marineland. The deaths caught Doug Ford’s attention

  Another beluga whale and a harbour seal have died at Marineland, and those deaths have caught the attention of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, The Canadian Press has learned.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2025
• Advertisement
• 2 more belugas dead at Marineland, bringing total whale deaths to 17 since 2019

  Two more beluga whales have died at Marineland, bringing the total number of whale deaths since 2019 to 17. 

  Environment

  Mar 26, 2024
• Third Marineland beluga that moved to U.S. aquarium dies

  A third beluga from Marineland in Niagara Falls has died at a U.S. aquarium after arriving there two years ago.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2023
• Nova Scotia’s retirement home for captive whales facing obstacles, delays: documents

  Organizers behind the U.S.-based Whale Sanctuary Project had originally predicted the site on Nova Scotia's rugged eastern shore could be ready to receive whales this year.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2022
• Wayward beluga whale dies during rescue attempt after becoming stranded in France’s River Seine

  The stranded beluga whale, which had been trapped in the river since Aug. 2, had become somewhat of a celebrity in France.

  Trending

  Aug 10, 2022
• Group narrows search for beluga retirement site to two sites off Nova Scotia 

  Lori Marino, president of the non-profit group, says a formal proposal won't be submitted to regulators until more research is completed and community support is secured.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2019
• Advertisement
• Researcher probing origin of lone N.L. beluga asks visitors to look, not touch

  A skin biopsy taken from the whale will be used to compare it to other beluga populations.

  Environment

  Aug 1, 2019
• Advertisement
• Researchers ask boaters to stay 100 metres away from whale

  The whale was seen in the Charlottetown harbour last Thursday, and more sightings were reported in the North, Hillsborough and West Rivers over the weekend.

  Environment

  Jun 25, 2019