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B.C. orca calf’s extended family spotted near Vancouver Island

Members of a killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon…

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Canada

DFO warns boaters against disturbing orphan B.C. orca calf

The Fisheries Department says it’s monitoring and patrolling ocean waters off northwest Vancouver Island to ensure boat traffic doesn’t interfere…

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Canada

Orca calf swims out of lagoon after being trapped for a month

The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more…

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Chief says rescue effort for stranded orca calf four, five days away as plans ramp up

Plans are settling into place for an attempt to rescue a young killer whale calf stranded in a tidal lagoon…

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Trapped orca calf to be lifted out of B.C. lagoon by helicopter

Plans are now underway to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver…

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Canada

Baby orca ‘not ready’ to leave remote B.C. lagoon despite ‘perfect unison’ to herd with oikomi pipes

The team working to save a baby orca trapped in a lagoon on northern Vancouver Island nearly succeeded in getting the…

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Canada

Beached orca in B.C. dies despite life-saving efforts

A female killer whale that beached in northern Vancouver Island died on Saturday despite efforts by the community to push…

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Tech

New orca population could be hunting ocean’s largest predators: researchers

Scientists at the University of British Columbia say they have identified a potentially new population of killers whales that hunt…

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How an orca held captive at the Vancouver Aquarium helped changed the world’s view on killer whales

It’s been 43 years since the death of Skana, the Vancouver Aquarium’s first resident orca, who experts believe changed the way people…

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Lifestyle

Video shows incredible orca encounter in British Columbia

Video shows the incredible moments that a group of people off the coast of Prince Rupert, B.C. had with a…

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