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Rescuers continue effort to coax orphan orca out of Vancouver Island lagoon

Rescuers continue effort to coax orphan orca out of Vancouver Island lagoon

About 10 vessels were inside the lagoon near Zeballos, using playback vocalizations of other transient killer whales, okoimi pipes and long ropes with floats and lines in the lagoon to try to move the calf to open water.
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Martin Mars bomber coming to Victoria's B.C. Aviation Museum

Martin Mars bomber coming to Victoria's B.C. Aviation Museum

Getting the huge firefighting plane from Sproat Lake to the airport in North Saanich presents several hurdles.
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Orphaned orca remains stranded as rescuers consider all options

Orphaned orca remains stranded as rescuers consider all options

A 120-foot-opening, under a roadway span, and the changing tides that rush through it are proving to be a barrier in leading the calf out to open ocean.
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How are Victoria's bridges protected from ship strikes?

How are Victoria's bridges protected from ship strikes?

There have been minor collisions at the Johnson Street Bridge — both the new structure and the old one.
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'Complex operation' underway to save orphaned orca calf

'Complex operation' underway to save orphaned orca calf

The whale’s pregnant mother died after beaching itself Saturday morning while hunting and likely drowned about an hour later as the tide came in.
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'Water is life,' Cowichan Lake weir project seen as saviour for stressed river

'Water is life,' Cowichan Lake weir project seen as saviour for stressed river

The weir will improve the health and ecology of the beleaguered Cowichan River, which has been beset by drought and recent fish die-offs.
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Coast Guard, Ahousaht remove dangerous boats

Coast Guard, Ahousaht remove dangerous boats

Officers from the coast guard’s marine environmental hazard response team and Ahousaht Community Harbour’s emergency response staff focused on two vessels moored and leaking fuel in the Ahousaht Harbour.
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View Royal to introduce CRD's first bear-proof garbage containers in pilot project

View Royal to introduce CRD's first bear-proof garbage containers in pilot project

A View Royal teen and her mother asked councillors to bring bear-proof garbage cans to their neighbourhood and ramp up bear protection bylaws after a mother black bear was shot by conservation officers last June.
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Biosolids pile up in capital region with few short-term disposal options

Biosolids pile up in capital region with few short-term disposal options

CRD is talking with Nanaimo-area private quarry about taking more biosolids, which isn’t sitting well with its counterparts to the north.
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A 'rogue island' that travelled around Quamichan Lake is removed

A 'rogue island' that travelled around Quamichan Lake is removed

The floating mass broke away from the shoreline and was pushed around by the wind.
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