1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (881+ words) Published 9: 00 am Friday, July 3, 2026 A fin whale surfaces near Race Rocks June 28. (Valerie Shore/Eagle Wing Tours) A fin whale lunge-feeding with its mouth open near Race Rocks June 28. (Sarah Hunter/Eagle Wing Tours) A close-up of the fin whale's…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (88+ words) Published 5: 23 am Monday, June 29, 2026 Help at a bat count this summer. (Jessica Holden) Wildsight Creston Valley is looking for volunteers to take part in the BC Annual Bat Count at various sites around the Creston Valley between July 11 and August…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (346+ words) Published 10: 40 am Wednesday, June 24, 2026 A harbour seal and its pup. (Wild Wise Society/Facebook) Pupping season has arrived in Greater Victoria. Beginning in June and peaking in July and August, female harbour seals will be coming ashore to birth and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (223+ words) Published 2: 04 pm Monday, June 15, 2026 Community volunteers of all ages help Wildsight Revelstoke fill one of two culverts along Airport Way with sand for western toad and painted turtle migrations, on Friday, June 12. (Evert Lindquist/Revelstoke Review) Revelstoke is a step…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (424+ words) Published 5: 00 am Friday, June 12, 2026 A BC SPCA officer with pets rescued during a wildfire. (BC SPCA) British Columbia has seen increasingly long and active wildfire seasons in recent years, and many people have been taking steps to safeguard their properties…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (404+ words) Published 10: 15 am Friday, June 5, 2026 The Stettler RCMP had a busy week between May 21 and 27, responding to over 70 calls for service. Calls varied from abandoned vehicles to suspicious persons and break-and-enters. One file of note during the week occurred May 26, when…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (420+ words) Published 8: 47 am Saturday, May 30, 2026 Orphaned bear cubs are raised at Critter Care wildlife rehabilitation facility in Langley until they can be returned to the wild. (Critter Care/Special to The News) The mother bear and cubs in Golden Ears Provincial…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (298+ words) Published 4: 10 pm Wednesday, May 20, 2026 A Mission man was attacked by a black bear (not the one pictured) on Monday, May 18. (The Other Kev/Pixabay) A bear is dead, and a man is recovering from his injuries after an early-morning attack…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (135+ words) Published 5: 30 pm Sunday, May 10, 2026 This young eagle is in rocky spot where it hopes to spot some small fish trapped in some of the water pools nearby. It's grooming time for this young eagle, shaking stuff from its feathers. This…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (358+ words) Published 3: 09 pm Tuesday, May 5, 2026 A screenshot from a social media video shows the seconds before a jet skier allegedly hits a whale in the Burrard Inlet on Monday, May 4. (laraberners/Tik Tok) A jet-ski operator had to be rescued Monday…...