Author: Jim Burgoyne

anaimo’s cruise industry is facing a dismal year and the Port of Nanaimo says intentional sabotage is to blame. Acting Port board chair Donna Hais said someone sent an anonymous letter to major players...

ill C64, or the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, is expected to become law this summer. It recognizes the responsibility and liability of owners for their vessels and gives Fisheries and Oceans Canada...

allard ducklings will have an easier time getting to dry land around Victoria Harbour this spring. The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority has installed six sloped duckling ramps at four marinas. A ramp at the...

King County authorities are investigating a collision late Saturday between a powerboat and sailboat in Quartermaster Harbor off Vashon Island that left one person dead and four others injured. Authorities said the powerboat with...

eanne Hyde is almost always listening to what whales have to say. Hyde works at The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. She documents all she can about what goes on...

new surveillance plane is set to help monitor fisheries and catch illegal activity in the waters off Vancouver Island. Contracted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the aircraft will be based out of Campbell...

icknamed “Lucky,” and officially labeled L124, an Orca calf first spotted in January continues to live in Puget Sound. The calf was the first known to be born in the area of the sound...

arm waters and infectious disease have been determined as the causes of a die-off of sunflower starfish along the Pacific coast, says a recently released study. Sunflower sea stars are among the largest starfish...

he City of Vancouver is extending its free mobile sewage pump-out service for boaters in False Creek. Council voted on Feb. 13 to allocate $75,000 for the program this year. Utilizing a pump-out boat,...