Pacific

• Racers gear up for 64th annual Knox Mountain Hill Climb

  The track at Knox Mountain Park is 3.5 kilometres of paved road, with a climb of approximately 800 feet, making it the longest paved hill climb in North America.

  Features

  May 20, 2023
  
• Pedestrians struck in downtown Vancouver

  Two seniors are in hospital after they were struck by a vehicle downtown late Sunday afternoon.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2020
  
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• All-female crew sets sail around the world to find solutions for ocean plastic pollution

  The “eXXpedition Round the World” voyage will circumnavigate the globe in 30 legs over the next two years.

  Environment

  Oct 8, 2019
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• New study shines light on shadowy fisheries operating beyond national jurisdictions

  Researchers using surveillance technology that can peer down on vessels from space have for the first time shed light on the extent and locations of transshipments, an innovation going back to the 1960s that has also been linked to illegal fishing, drug smuggling and human rights abuses.

  Environment

  Jul 25, 2018
• Canadian Navy, U.S. Coast Guard seize nearly $1B of cocaine in Pacific

  The U.S. Coast Guard showed off one of the largest drug-offloads in history following a joint operation with the Royal Canadian Navy that seized more than 26.5 tons of cocaine in the eastern Pacific Ocean over two months.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2016
• North Korea ballistic missile test shows ‘certain level of capability’: Japanese official

  North Korea took a significant step Wednesday in the development of a powerful ballistic missile intended to reach U.S. bases in the Pacific.

  World

  Jun 22, 2016
• U.S. Navy discovers abandoned lifeboat, destroys it during target practice

  The U.S. Navy released a video on Tuesday showing sailors onboard the USS Momsen taking target practice on an abandoned lifeboat they discovered in the Pacific.

  World

  May 3, 2016
• Death toll rises to 246 in Ecuador as rescuers struggle to reach survivors

  A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador's central coast on Saturday, killing at least 28 people and spreading panic as far away as the capital of Quito.

  World

  Apr 16, 2016
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• Ontario man completes record rowboat journey across Pacific Ocean

  A Canadian resident has finished an incredible journey - John Beeden has rowed by himself across the Pacific Ocean.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2015
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• Clean up underway after Russian oil tanker grounded in north Pacific

  Russian emergency services say cleanup operations are underway after an oil tanker was grounded, damaging one of its fuel tanks.

  Environment

  Nov 29, 2015