Port Renfrew

• ‘Devastating’: B.C. man urges public to look out for missing brother’s truck

  Search efforts for Nathaniel Watters, a missing Vancouver Island man, have focused on Port Renfrew, as several of his belongings were found north of Fairy Lake this week.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2022
  
• Another seven arrests at B.C. old-growth logging blockade

  A total of 158 people have now been arrested since RCMP began enforcing a British Columbia court injunction around old-growth logging on Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  Jun 3, 2021
  
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• Rallies against B.C. old-growth logging held at offices of premier, attorney general

  More than 130 people have been arrested so far at blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed near Port Renfrew.

  Environment

  May 28, 2021
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• 2 dead in sinking of B.C. fishing boat near Washington state

  The U.S. Coast Guard said the Arctic Fox II started taking on water early Tuesday morning about 135 kilometres off Cape Flattery, Wash., located west of Port Renfrew, B.C.

  Aug 12, 2020
• Sick orca known as J50 has received antibiotics, still low chance of survival

  After days of tracking the killer whale known as J50, Dr. Martin Haulena from the Vancouver Aquarium was finally able on Thursday to get close enough to administer of a dose of antibiotic through a dart.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2018
• Concern growing for killer whale carrying dead baby for more than two weeks

  For 17 days the killer whale known to scientists as J-35 has been carrying the carcass of her dead calf. Now concerns are growing about what sort of impact that may have.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2018
• Sick whale spotted off B.C. coast, scientists hoping to get J50 medicated soon

  Attempts to save a sick killer whale off Vancouver Island have been hindered by fog and the whale's location.

  Aug 8, 2018
• Body found in burned-out vehicle in Port Renfrew

  Sooke RCMP say the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) has been called in after a body was found in a burned-out vehicle in Port Renfrew.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2016
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• Drone video captures epic climb up Canada’s second-largest Douglas-fir

  A drone video shot in Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island captured the risky ascent three tree climbers made up the second largest known Douglas-fir tree in Canada.

  Environment

  Aug 11, 2016
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• Fate of B.C.’s ancient forests at centre of debate

  The Douglas fir Andy MacKinnon leans against is 40 metres tall. It's likely more than 500 years old and its fire-scarred trunk is almost two metres in diameter.

  Environment

  Jun 3, 2016