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“It was never certain if this species would actually go extinct or recover,” said Jared Towers from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Cetacean Research Program.

The 30 beluga whales at Marineland in Niagara Falls are closer to a new home after Fisheries and Oceans Canada endorsed a rescue plan that would send them to five aquariums.

It happened near Siwash Rock on the west side of Stanley Park. Fisheries and Oceans Canada said it is assessing the incident and whether the whale was injured.

The dredging work near the Second Narrows Bridge would allow oil tankers travelling to Trans Mountain's Burnaby terminal to carry more oil.

Fish and chip shops in the Maritimes are shouldering the burden as haddock prices skyrocket in the region. 

A U.S. consortium of aquariums says the American government has approved an "emergency rescue" to import Marineland's whales and dolphins, the last such captive animals in Canada.

A group of First Nations has filed a lawsuit over a massive hydroelectric dam proposed in northeastern British Columbia, arguing the project would have a devastating impact on their traditional land.

The First Nation has long argued that it has a treaty right to commercially fish for lobster without federal permits based on the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1760-61.

The Marine Animal Response Society in Nova Scotia says it's looking into the stranding of 16 pilot whales on Sable Island.

The mayor says a fisherman may be able to tow it out and sink it, or bring it to an uninhabited cove where it could decompose naturally.

The department says the fish that were seized in the community of Grand River were gaspereau, also known as alewife.

A young endangered whale entangled in fishing gear has been spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the second time this week.

Officials say the five-year-old male was last seen Monday by Canadian and American observers aboard a surveillance aircraft flying over the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The non-profit group planning a whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to mark the beginning of what's promised to be a haven for retired whales.

The area, called Mia-yaltwa Ha'lidzogm hoon, means 'Realm of the Salmon, Home of the Salmon' in a hybrid composite name drawn from the Indigenous languages of the partner Nations.

Wolastoqey chiefs are speaking out against the closure of a salmon conservation facility, which they say will result in the extinction of salmon in the Saint John River. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, is aiming for the pipeline to be designated a project of national interest by October and get shovels in the ground as early as September 2027.

The tourist was charged by criminal complaint with 'harassing and attempting to harass an endangered Hawaiian monk seal by throwing a large rock at the seal’s head.'

Construction has officially started on a port expansion near Montreal — the first so-called nation-building project that was fast-tracked for approval by the federal government.

The bears are off to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, a charity that sits on a massive property that nearly 1,000 large carnivores.