Burrard Inlet

• B.C. government supports dredging Burrard Inlet so tankers can carry more oil

  Trans Mountain wants to increase the volume of oil each tanker transports but that would involve dredging the Burrard Inlet to prevent heavier tankers from hitting the sea floor.

  Environment

  May 8, 2025
  
• B.C. man accused of driving into ocean faces 5 new driving-related charges

  Jawad Fawwaz is charged with mischief under $5,000 for allegedly driving his car into the ocean off Rocky Point Park in Port Moody on March 4.

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2024
  
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• Urban runoff ‘disastrous to our way of life,’ Tsleil-Waututh Nation says

  Tsleil-Waututh Nation has been working for years to revitalize the Burrard Inlet. They recently launched a story map, 'Restoring a Healthy Inlet,' to engage the community for help.

  Environment

  Nov 21, 2023
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• DFO raises alarm about ‘rampant illegal fishing’ in protected B.C. waters

  While some species of rockfish are designated "of special concern" under the federal Species at Risk Act, protected areas are meant to include all finfish.

  Environment

  Sep 1, 2023
• Search suspended for Surrey man missing after renting boat from Granville Island

  The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says it was alerted to an unmanned 17-foot rental boat drifting through English Bay Wednesday afternoon.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2022
• Loud blast, plumes of steam or gas from cargo ship near Lions Gate Bridge

  North Vancouver fire crews are responding.

  Aug 6, 2019
• ‘Completely oblivious’: Video catches boat speeding through orca pod near Vancouver

  The boater broke rules imposed by the federal government that require vessels to stay at least 400 metres away from killer whales.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2019
• Broken water main sends flood of muddy, oily effluent into Burrard Inlet

  Photos from the scene showed a large, brown bloom of effluent with some oily sheen expanding into the ocean.

  Jan 23, 2019
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• Runaway barges in Coal Harbour cause over $1M in damage

  Vancouver police described the barges, which broke loose around 5 a.m., as “very heavy, loaded with containers and each about the size of a soccer field."

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2018
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• Feds announce new monitoring of vessel noise impacts on endangered killer whales

  "These whales are at the brink of extinction."

  Environment

  Oct 22, 2018