US Coast Guard

• 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
  
• 2 dead but 3 rescued from overturned boat in Alaskan panhandle: U.S. Coast Guard

  Weather conditions at the time included winds of eight to 10 knots, nine-foot seas and an air temperature of 31 F (-0.5 C).

  U.S. News

  Jan 11, 2024
  
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• OceanGate suspending operations weeks after Titan sub implosion

  The announcement comes just over two weeks after the submersible went missing as it was set to take a tour of the Titanic wreckage off the course of Newfoundland. 

  World

  Jul 6, 2023
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• One dead after sinking of American yacht off Victoria coast last week

  The U.S. Coast Guard initially said three American citizens and a dog were rescued from the sinking vessel about three kilometres south of the capital around 7 p.m. last Friday.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
• Sailor and his 2 dogs rescued off B.C. coast by United States Coast Guard

  A sailor and his two dogs are recovering on Vancouver Island thanks to life-saving action by the United States Coast Guard.

  Dec 29, 2022
• Safety knowledge, maintenance partly to blame for deadly B.C. boat sinking: report

  An investigation by the Transportation Safety Board into the sinking of a fishing boat in which two of the three crew members died identifies several "systemic safety issues."

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
• 5 more bodies recovered from Puget Sound floatplane crash

  Officials have also been investigating whether human remains that washed ashore at Dungeness Spit near Sequim, Wash., nearly two weeks after the crash is the seventh victim.

  World

  Sep 30, 2022
• Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria

  No oil residue has been found on Vancouver Island and measures are being used to deter any whales from venturing near the wreck in a key feeding ground for southern resident orcas.

  Environment

  Aug 17, 2022
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• Sunken fish boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat

  The vessel, loaded with about 10,000 litres of diesel and oil, was originally resting in about 30 metres of water, but U.S. officials say it is now some 60 metres below.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2022
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• Spill from sunken U.S. fish boat off Victoria raises concern for endangered orcas

  The Aleutian Isle vessel is under about 30 metres of water off San Juan Island, roughly 25 kilometres east of Victoria. It sank with nearly 10,000 litres of diesel and oil aboard.

  Environment

  Aug 15, 2022