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Facebook photos show fishermen manhandling threatened sturgeon in lower...
Photos posted on Facebook show several fishermen with the Sts’ailes First Nation violating guidelines by manhandling a huge threatened white sturgeon netted in the lower Fraser River. While the fate of...
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Textile industry needs 'major rethink' to cut down on waste
The textile industry is the next dirty frontier when it comes to the need to recycle and reduce the amount of clothing that finds its way into landfills and oceans, a Zero Waste conference sponsored by...
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Fraser River pink salmon run half of prediction
Salmon returns just keep getting worse on the Fraser River. End-of-season estimates show that fewer than 3.6 million pink salmon have returned to the Fraser, less than half the median pre-season...
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Vancouver Aquarium seeks senior marine mammal trainer comfortable with 'sea...
Help wanted: Successful applicant will be media savvy, university-trained, capable of lifting an awkward 22 kilograms, and comfortable with “animal bites, potential pathogens and chemicals.” These are...
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Snow geese numbers continue to soar out of control in Fraser Delta
The snow geese are back, and their numbers continue to soar nearly out of control. Sean Boyd, a federal bird biologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said Thursday that last year’s...
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Blob is gone, but not forgotten for scientists studying decline in B.C. fish...
The “blob” is gone, but it’s left a troubling legacy on B.C.’s Pacific coast. The blob is the popular name for a huge patch of warm water that featured record temperatures — in some cases, three to...
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Tourism Chilliwack removes billboard showing improper handling of threatened...
A Tourism Chilliwack billboard depicting fun-loving sports fishermen holding a huge threatened white sturgeon out of the water — in violation of official guidelines — was removed Wednesday near Cultus...
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Federal documents reveal repeated cases of pigs dying en route to Langley...
Federal access-to-information documents reveal that 46 pigs died — some displaying necrotic hues of green and purple — in seven separate incidents last year involving transport to a Langley...
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New feeding behaviour adopted by humpback whales off Vancouver Island
Researchers off northeastern Vancouver Island have documented what they believe is a new and globally unique feeding behaviour for humpback whales. And while they’ve dubbed it “trap feeding,” it could...
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Rescue association blames B.C. wildfires for spike in songbirds hitting windows
The Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. in Burnaby is blaming summer wildfires for an unusual spike in the number of songbirds flying into office and residential windows and being brought in for...
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B.C. surfers head to Peru in hopes of making the cut for 2020 Olympics
Unfunded but undaunted, 17 Canadian surfers — more than half of them B.C. residents — are flying to Lima, Peru, on Thursday on their own dime in hopes of qualifying to represent Canada internationally...
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Barred owl makes successful kill in downtown Vancouver
A barred owl made a surprise appearance in broad daylight in downtown Vancouver this week, even stopping to show off its successful kill to passing pedestrians. Ric Slaco, vice-president and chief...
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Barred owl invasion results in 150 of the raptors taken to rehab facility
A veritable barred owl invasion is underway. More than 150 of the raptors have been brought dead or injured to a local wildlife rehabilitation facility, in addition to numerous sightings in downtown...
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A trip to Bella Coola Valley, ground zero for debate on coexistence of...
THE BELLA COOLA VALLEY — On the far side of the Atnarko River, an adult female grizzly bear walks along a path next to long grasses, climbs up and over logs, paws and sniffs at a couple of spawned-out...
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B.C. wilderness tourism operators vow to risk arrest to defend their investments
CHILKO LAKE — Wilderness tourism operators in the Chilcotin say they are disgusted with the failure of senior governments to defend their financial investments, and vow to risk arrest rather than allow...
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Wayward summer tanager makes first appearance on record in Vancouver
A wayward summer tanager is being observed for the first time in Metro Vancouver — and is attracting a throng of birders from around the region. This particular summer tanager is an immature male and...
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Swimming in it: Microplastics abound in Sunset Beach water
The weather is gloomy, even by seasonal Vancouver standards. Dark clouds scud low overhead, a flash of torrential rain pelts down, and a hundred crows swirl around like black leaves scattered by the...
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NDP government does 'right thing' and kills food hunt of B.C. grizzly bears
The hunting of grizzly bears for trophies and food is banned effective immediately across B.C., the NDP government announced Monday in a major policy shift. “Protecting this iconic species is simply...
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Biologist with Pacific Wildlife Foundation compiles atlas of Salish Sea...
For about the past decade, biologist Rob Butler has gone where no one else goes — our own backyard. In his quest to create an atlas of the Salish Sea, he has conducted detailed monthly transects in a...
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Surrey RCMP seek white-bearded suspect responsible for household 'break-ins'...
Surrey RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying a male suspect responsible for widespread illegal entries of homes overnight Christmas Eve, including reported damage to roof tops. RCMP...
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