Hilton The Shark

• ‘Enormous breakthrough’ for great white shark expedition off Nova Scotia 

  "I think that there's a lifetime of work to do up here based on what we saw, for many people."

  Environment

  Oct 13, 2018
  
• ‘Holy smokes I finally made it to Newfoundland!’: Hilton the celebrity shark on the move

  Hilton has spent a lot of time off Nova Scotia's south shore the last two years, but more recently travelled up to northern Cape Breton and had been flirting with braving the colder waters off Newfoundland.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2018
  
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• Halifax researchers tag great white shark in Atlantic Canada for first time 

  Ocearch is best-known in Nova Scotia for tagging Hilton, a celebrity great white shark who regularly reveals his location in a wry and charming Twitter feed that has almost 45,000 followers.

  Environment

  Sep 18, 2018
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• ‘Hilton the Shark,’ on track to Newfoundland, loops back toward Nova Scotia

  The great white shark, who has quickly become a social media mogul, tweeted Thursday that he was midway between Cape Breton and Newfoundland.

  Environment

  Sep 8, 2018
• ‘Hilton the Shark’ makes turn toward Newfoundland

  Hilton, who lingered last year near Mahone Bay, N.S., moved north after arriving this July, passing by Halifax and then Cape Breton this week.

  Environment

  Sep 7, 2018
• Hilton, the 600-kilogram great white shark, tracked near Port Mouton Island

  The 12-foot, 600-kilogram celebrity great white shark was tracked near Port Mouton Island along Nova Scotia’s south shore Saturday morning.

  Environment

  Jul 28, 2018
• Hilton the great white shark brings Shark Week to Nova Scotia

  On Sunday, Hilton announced on Twitter that he was enjoying waters off the southern tip of the province, timing his arrival with TV's popular week-long shark programming.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2018
• ‘George the Shark’ spotted off Nova Scotia coast

  According to Ocearch, a non-profit organization that researches and tracks great white sharks, "George the Shark" was pinged off the coast of Nova Scotia. 

  Environment

  Jun 20, 2018
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• Halifax’s top 10 stories of 2017: Sharks, Mr. Lahey and the Halifax Explosion

  Global News' year-end list of the top ten stories of 2017 from Halifax and Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2017
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• Hilton shark appears to be heading south after long sojourn off N.S.

  The almost four-metre-long shark was tagged by the research group Ocearch in March in South Carolina.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2017