Shark Sighting

• ‘Like a big dog’: B.C. divers film rare encounter with sixgill shark

  'We weren't expecting it. And you see ... a giant grey-white shape come out of the darkness straight at you. It was pretty amazing.'

  Environment

  Aug 9
  
• ‘Incredible’ video shows white sharks eating dead whale off N.S. coast

  A fisherman from Port Mouton, N.S., took his boat out on Friday in search of a dead whale rumored to be in the area. Upon arrival, he was greeted by four white sharks.

  Environment

  Jul 9
  
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• Possible shark sighting at Nova Scotia beach prompts lifeguard to alert swimmers

  The Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service says a lifeguard reported seeing a fin in or near the supervised swimming area at Rissers Beach at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.

  Environment

  Jul 5
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• Great white shark stuns onlookers before washing up dead on N.S. beach

  The reason a great white shark became stranded and ultimately died on a Cape Breton beach remains unknown, as the animal washed away before a necropsy could be conducted.

  Environment

  Oct 6, 2023
• Nova Scotia beach reopens after possible shark sighting

  A supervisor from the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service saw a fin around 10 a.m. Sunday at Rainbow Haven Beach. The beach was closed for monitoring but reopened after two hours.

  Environment

  Aug 28, 2023
• ‘Queen of the Ocean’: Massive great white shark spotted off Nova Scotia

  At 3,541 pounds and over 17 feet long, the great white shark is the largest one that OCEARCH researchers have tagged to date.

  Trending

  Oct 6, 2020
• ‘George the Shark’ spotted off Nova Scotia coast

  According to Ocearch, a non-profit organization that researches and tracks great white sharks, "George the Shark" was pinged off the coast of Nova Scotia. 

  Environment

  Jun 20, 2018
• Abnormally large basking shark groups spotted off Canada’s east coast

  Scientists say a species of large, but harmless, shark has been gathering in atypically big groups off of the northeastern United States and Canada.

  Environment

  Mar 30, 2018
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• Hilton the celebrity great white appears to be ending his stay in N.S. waters

  The celebrity shark - tagged by the research group Ocearch in March in South Carolina - first appeared on Nova Scotia's south shore in early August.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2017
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• Hilton, the 600-kg great white shark, spotted heading closer to Nova Scotia

  An electronic marker indicates that the 12.5-foot shark is extremely close to Peggy's Cove, the popular Nova Scotia tourist attraction.

  Science

  Aug 15, 2017