San Juan Islands

• Woman dies, man rescued after sailboat runs aground near San Juan Islands

  A woman died Monday night in Puget Sound when the boat she was sailing on ran aground amid strong winds and high winds. A man she was sailing with was rescued and hospitalized.

  U.S. News

  Feb 6, 2025
  
• ‘One in a million’: Deer photobombs killer whale in waters near B.C.-U.S. border

  Fatty seals are the preferred food of the Bigg's killer whale. Fortunately, this lean piece of venison wasn't enough to tempt Cooper, a 31-year-old male.

  Environment

  Jun 7, 2023
  
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• Washington won’t renew leases for Puget Sound fish farms

  Investigators found as many as 263,000 of the Cypress Island farm’s fish escaped in a 2017 incident, not the 160,000 Cooke Aquaculture told the public.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2022
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• Scientists still worried about health of killer whale J50

  Scientists are searching for the female killer whale known as J50 in an attempt to save her life.

  Environment

  Aug 6, 2018
• How did a WWII merchant shipping vessel sink off the B.C. coast?

  There is an underwater search for answers off the coast of British Columbia that could solve a mystery dating back to the Second World War.

  Jun 2, 2016
• Victoria homes slated for demolition relocated by barge to Washington state

  A small non-profit is moving old, unwanted houses out of a Victoria suburb to where they're needed, but the homes aren't staying in B.C.

  Apr 19, 2016