Jamie's Whaling Station

• Transportation Safety Board releases report into Leviathan II sinking

  The report determined that a breaking wave struck the vessel and that the crew did not have time to transmit a distress call.

  Investigations

  Jun 14, 2017
  
• Report due in deadly whale-watching sinking

  Six people died after the Leviathan II flipped during a whale-watching expedition near the resort community of Tofino in October 2015.

  Jun 14, 2017
  
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• A year later: pain from Tofino whale-boat tragedy remains

  One year after the sinking of a whale-watching vessel off British Columbia that tossed 27 people into the churning Pacific, the wounds have barely started to heal.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2016
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• Grounded B.C. tour boat now headed for dry dock

  A vessel belonging to a whale-watching company is no longer stranded on rocks off Vancouver Island.

  Oct 3, 2016
• Jamie’s Whaling Station vessel run aground near Tofino, all passengers safe

  The Stellar Sea is owned and operated by Jamie's Whaling Station, whose whale-watching boat sank near Tofino last year, claiming six lives.

  Oct 2, 2016
• Class action lawsuit filed by two survivors of Tofino whale-watching tragedy

  Two passengers on board the whale-watching boat that sank off the coast of Vancouver Island in October 2015 have launched a class action lawsuit against the owner, and the boat's captain.

  Apr 5, 2016
• Whale watching industry braces for changes

  The loss of the six souls on the Leviathan II sent shock waves across the global whale-watching industry.

  Dec 27, 2015
• Owner of whale-watching tour makes first statement about tragic sinking near Tofino

  The owner of a Tofino, B.C. whale-watching tour company says he was traumatized and in disbelief when he heard his vessel with 27 people on board capsized on Sunday afternoon.

  Oct 26, 2015
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• Marine safety needs a ‘total reboot’ in wake of fatal Tofino sinking, safety expert says

  The sinking of a whale-watching boat off the coast of Vancouver Island Sunday should be a wake-up call for Canada’s marine safety regulation, safety expert Joseph Spears told Global News.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2015
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• ‘You could hear people screaming’: Heroes recount rescuing survivors of whale-watching tragedy

  "We got to the life-raft and the guys were pointing us in the direction [saying] 'there's people in the water over there',"

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2015