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Killer whales are shown in the Eastern Canadian Arctic in this undated handout photo. Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian researchers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Maha Ghazal *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Orcas moved into the Arctic. It could be bad news for other whales, and humans too

Two genetically distinct species of killer whale have been identified in the Arctic.

ents from a tailings pond is pictured going down the Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake near the town of Likely, B.C. on August, 5, 2014. Charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than 10 years after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.

Imperial Metals faces 15 federal Fisheries Act charges over Mount Polley mine disaster, a decade after the dam collapse.

An orca whale breaches in view of Mount Baker, some 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. July 31, 2015. A key assumption for the dwindling numbers of southern resident killer whales has always been a lack of salmon, but a study out of the University of British Columbia has found they have twice the number of chinook available during the summer as their much healthier cousins, the northern residents. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
BiodiversityEnvironmentNews

Lack of salmon may not be the problem for endangered killer whales, says study

A new study challenges the assumption that dwindling killer whales numbers are due to a lack of salmon.

Researchers from University of Victoria are collaborating with coastal First Nations from B.C. to regrow and restore kelp forests that have been impacted by climate change. Rockfish swim in a kelp forest in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fernando Lessa **MANDATORY CREDIT**
ClimateNews

Underwater gardeners work to restore B.C.’s majestic kelp forests

Kelp forests have been detrimentally affected by recent heat waves.

BiodiversityNews

Borrow a bee colony? Canadian library loans out pollinators

VANCOUVER — Patrons at the West Vancouver Memorial Library are abuzz over a loan program of mason bees that come with their own...

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Coral reef that ‘shouldn’t exist’ thrives off B.C.’s Pacific Ocean, biologist says

VANCOUVER — It started with a tip from the local First Nation of a “bump on the sea floor” where the fish liked...

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