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Canada has begun a 30-day halt to flights from COVID-19 hotspots of India and Pakistan in an attempt to counter the virus variants.  “We’ve been saying for over a year, now is not the time to travel,” said Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra. “Our government continues to take unprecedented action to protect the health and safety of all Canadians."  As well, the land border between Canada and the United States has been closed to non-essential travel for a year.  It will continue...

Canada halts flights from India, Pakistan By Jim Fox Canada has begun a 30-day halt to flights from COVID-19 hotspots of India and Pakistan in an attempt to counter the virus variants.  “We’ve been saying for over a year, now is not the time to travel,” said Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra. “Our government continues to take unprecedented action to protect the health and safety of all Canadians."  As well, the land border between Canada and the United States h...

Ocean Wise Conservation Association has transferred 100% of its ownership of the Vancouver Aquarium to Herschend Enterprises.

by Martin Dunphy on April 15th, 2021 at 7:29 PM 1 of 5 2 of 5 The Vancouver Aquarium announced today (April 15) that it has been sold to a U.S company that owns the Harlem Globetrotters touring basketball act and the Dollywood amusement park in Tennessee. The new owner, Herschend Enterprises, is an Atlanta, Georgia-based theme-park and tourist-attraction operator that runs and co-owns (with country-music star Dolly Parton) the famous Dollywood attraction as well as about nine other amuuse...

Herschend, based in Atlanta, operates properties such as Dollywood, an amusement park owned with legendary entertainer Dolly Parton, as well as the Harlem Globetrotters, and two other aquariums. Lasse Gustavsson, president and CEO of Ocean Wise Conservation Association, the non-profit formed in 2017 to operate the Vancouver Aquarium located in Stanley Park, said when the aquarium closed last September and permanently laid off 209 full- and part-time workers, it started exploring how it was go...

The organization says whale watchers first noticed the wound three days ago and believe it was caused by a vessel strike. Boaters are required by law to slow down to below seven knots when within one kilometre of a whale and stay back a minimum of 100 metres. Jessica Scott, an applied research biologist with Ocean Wise, says humpbacks are especially prone to ship strikes because they exhibit random travel patterns. She says the whales remain underwater for more than 15 minutes in some cases b...

Boaters urged to use caution around hurt humpback off Vancouver A deep cut on a humpback whale is shown in this recent handout photo in the Vancouver area. A conservation organization is warning boaters to be extra careful to prevent further harm to an injured humpback whale swimming in the Vancouver area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Ocean Wise, Vanessa Prigollini *MANDATORY CREDIT* April 14, 2021 - 3:59 PM VANCOUVER - A conservation organization is warning boaters to...

by Craig Takeuchi on April 14th, 2021 at 3:12 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3 Boaters and those on the waters near Vancouver are asked to take precautions as an injured whale has been spotted swimming nearby. Ocean Wise stated in a news release today (April 14) that a humpback whale was observed with a deep cut in its tailstock. The injury is believed to be a strike wound from a vessel. The whale had been observed in waters near Point Grey since early April. However, a whale watching vessel crew photogra...

The Dance Centre will showcase online performances in the lead up to International Dance Day on April 29. The array of high-tech tools included aerial drones, electronic fish finders and data loggers equipped with satellite telemetry, a gyroscope, hydrophone and an underwater camera. Attached to the killer whales with suction cups, these devices allowed the scientists to record what the whales see and hear, as well as their movements in the water, and their diving and hunting behaviour. The vi...

  VANCOUVER -- A conservation organization is warning boaters to be extra careful around an injured humpback whale spotted in the water off Vancouver. Ocean Wise says in a news release the whale was last seen near Vancouvers Point Gray and has a deep cut on its tailstock. The organization says whale watchers first noticed the wound three days ago and believe it was caused by a vessel strike. Boaters are required by law to slow down to below seven knots when within one kilometre of a whale...