Salish Sea

• Banner year for Bigg’s killer whales in Salish Sea, with sighting records smashed

  According to the Pacific Whale Watch Association and Orca Behavior Institute, there were 1,270 unique sightings of the mammal-hunting killer whales between January and October.

  Environment

  Nov 8, 2023
  
• Lolita the orca to be freed to ‘home waters’ after 50+ years in captivity

  Lolita has lived at the Miami Seaquarium for 53 years, since she was captured in 1970 in Puget Sound when she was just 4 years old.

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  Mar 30, 2023
  
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• Highest-ever count for Humpback Whales in the Salish Sea

  A recent whale count found 396 Humpback Whales in the Salish Sea, including 34 mothers with their first-year calves.

  Environment

  Dec 15, 2022
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• ‘Baby boom’: Banner year for orcas, whales in B.C.’s Salish Sea

  'It has been incredible to witness the continued rise of Bigg’s killer whales in the Salish Sea.'

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2022
• Up to a billion seashore creatures were cooked to death during B.C. heat wave, researcher says

  Chris Harley, a professor with UBC's Department of Zoology, called the die-off 'a very unusual event.'

  Weather

  Jul 6, 2021
• Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, family pledge $4 million to preserve B.C. islands

  The BC Parks Foundation says a private donation has allowed the purchase of threatened Coastal Douglas fir ecosystems in the Strait of Georgia.

  Environment

  Jun 29, 2021
• BC Parks Foundation in fundraising race against time to buy Salish Sea island, convert it to park

  The BC Parks Foundation says West Ballenas Island is one of the most biodiverse sites in the Salish Sea, and the last private island among an archipelago of 19 islands.

  Nov 12, 2020
• The orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days and 1,000 miles is pregnant again

  She is not the only pregnant orca either.

  Environment

  Jul 28, 2020
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• Thousands of industrial plastic pellets found on banks of Delta, B.C., waterway

  Heavy rains across the region led to thousands of plastic pellets flowing into the Audley Channel on Annacis Island, spilling over onto the banks.

  Environment

  Feb 2, 2020
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• Industrial plastic pellets spilling into Fraser River, Salish Sea: environmental group

  The pellets, known as "nurdles" are made from plastic polymers and used in the production of items like single-use plastic bags and water bottles.

  Oct 4, 2019