Keeping large aquatic mammals in captivity for entertainment is slowly becoming a thing of the past in Canada after the House of Commons passed Bill S-203, also known as ‘Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act,’ last month.

Helen is the last cetacean currently living at the Aquarium — though the facility owns several belugas on breeding loan to U.S. facilities.

“This is the first case at the Vancouver Aquarium to our knowledge.”

The study found dolphins' brains grew larger to accommodate the complex demands of their societies.

Daisy, the nine-year-old harbour porpoise at the Vancouver Aquarium, has died.

The supporters of the Vancouver Aquarium will be holding a rally Monday night ahead of the pivotal vote by the Vancouver Park Board to amend the wording of a bylaw governing importation and display of live cetaceans at the aquarium.

The Vancouver Aquarium is hosting a rally Monday night in a last-ditch attempt to coax the Vancouver Park Board away from enacting a ban on whales, dolphins and porpoises.

The future of the Vancouver Aquarium's cetacean program depends on the wording of amendments to a bylaw that the Vancouver Park Board will vote on next Monday.

The Vancouver Park Board's decision to ban cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium could result in a death sentence for injured, sick or orphaned mammals along B.C.'s coastline.

The cause of two beluga whales dying weeks apart at the Vancouver Aquarium in November 2016 was due to an unknown toxin, according to the findings of a five-month investigation.