Canadian Coast Guard

• Coast Guard vessels won’t be armed under defence plan: military vice-chief

  Lt-Gen. Stephen Kelsey told a Senate committee there are no plans to arm the civilian maritime force as it gains a new security mandate.

  Canada

  Jun 17
  
• Safety board calls for changes two years after Nova Scotia fisherman’s death at sea

  An investigation into how the Canadian Coast Guard responded to a vessel in distress raises questions about why one fisherman died after a towing operation went awry. 

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2024
  
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• Canadian Coast Guard says crew member lost at sea off Newfoundland

  The agency said in a release Wednesday that an extensive search and rescue effort for the man was ended Tuesday evening.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2024
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• Canadian Coast Guard investigating source of motor oil spill in Montreal river

  The Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday it was still recovering the oil and decontaminating the seagrass beds and shoreline after a large black slick was discovered last week.

  Environment

  Jul 15, 2024
• Cleanup winding down on False Creek mystery spill, but source remains unknown

  Efforts to clean up an oily material from Vancouver's False Creek are winding down, but officials say they still don't know where it came from.

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2023
• Coast Guard investigating oily sheen in Vancouver’s False Creek

  Michelle Imbeau, a spokeswoman with the Coast Guard, says crew members from their Kitsilano base were using "remotely piloted aircraft" to determine the source.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2023
• Runaway barge wrangled from hitting Vancouver’s English Bay Beach

  A runway barge in Vancouver got awfully close to beaching in English Bay.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2023
• ‘Shameful’: Mariners’ union slams loss of search technology on B.C. coast

  A key maritime union says it is "shameful" the federal government has let an old but reliable search tool fall into disrepair on the B.C. coast.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2023
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• Loss of key coast guard tool putting lives at risk on B.C. coast, former officer says

  The former superintendent of B.C.'s coast guard stations says the loss of a tool known as radio direction finding has degraded the service's ability to find boats in distress.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023
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• ‘Miracle’: 1 of 2 missing U.S. fishermen found adrift in life raft off Vancouver Island

  One of two missing mariners was found alive in a life raft Thursday, a day after U.S. officials had suspended their search and two weeks after their vessel left port in Washington.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2023