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LISTEN | Full interview with Erin McCallum: Quirks and Quarks9:21Scientists are exposing fish to cocaine — what happened next won’t surprise you Atlantic salmon in Sweden are getting high off cocaine. And they are getting the drug from an unlikely source: scientists. “It does sound a little bit absurd to …
Read More »Fish feud: Salmon farmers, conservationists clash over promised federal funding
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A salmon spat is bubbling up in Atlantic Canada. On one side are fish farmers who …
Read More »Orcas and dolphins caught on video collaborating to hunt salmon
When dolphins swam onto the scene during a study on northern resident orcas off the coast of B.C., at least one researcher admitted to being a little annoyed. The Pacific white-sided dolphins had nothing to do with the study at hand. The research group — a collaboration between Dalhousie University, …
Read More »For the first time in over a century, sockeye salmon are able to return to Okanagan Lake
Sockeye salmon are able to return to historic spawning grounds in B.C.’s Okanagan region for the first time in over a century, thanks to a new fish passageway built by the Syilx Nation in partnership with the City of Penticton, the province and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The Okanagan Dam Fish Passage bypasses …
Read More »Teen hiker dead after fall down 60-metre cliff north of Salmon Arm, B.C.
A 17-year-old is dead after falling down a cliff while hiking in B.C.’s Interior, according to police. RCMP said the teen boy was hiking with two friends on Monday evening when he “disappeared” off a 60-metre cliff on Bastion Mountain, north of Salmon Arm in B.C.’s Shuswap region. Police said he was …
Read More »Concerns over salmon prompt calls to pause Trans Mountain construction on Coquihalla River
Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has started in the Coquihalla River in Hope, B.C., at the same time as the salmon migration — prompting calls to stop the work over concerns about the safety of the salmon population. Kate Tairyan said she was walking along the river on July 31 and saw dozens of …
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