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Victoria council wants BC marine strategy to become law

Robyn Bell
January 9, 2026

Council voted unanimously, directing Mayor Alto to write a letter urging the province to codify its strategy.

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Legal challenge looming as Island First Nation fights for BC’s herring stocks

WSANEC hereditary chiefs have been calling on the DFO to place a moratorium on herring fishing in the Georgia Strait for over a year.

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New Southern Resident orca census confirms population growth remains stunted

Robyn Bell
October 14, 2025

Researchers say urgent conservation policies must be enacted to save the unique population.

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UVic releases groundbreaking study on the cost of the 2014-2016 marine heat wave

Robyn Bell
July 24, 2025

The Blob reshaped how ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean functioned—and climate change makes it likelier that these extreme weather events will return

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Orcas sharing prey with humans may be their way of learning about us

Robyn Bell
July 4, 2025

Scientists studied two decades of interactions where orcas appeared to share food with people.

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It's been 50 years: Are you ready to go back into the water?

Mark Brennae
June 19, 2025

Victoria author-journalist Mark Leiren-Young remembers seeing Jaws as a kid in a movie theatre in Vancouver and being 'frigging terrified.' He wasn’t alone.