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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Iran confirmed on Saturday its Revolutionary Guards had seized a tanker in Gulf waters that was carrying a cargo of petrochemicals bound for Singapore over alleged violations, …
Read More »U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats kill 14 people in Pacific waters, defence secretary says
A series of strikes conducted by the U.S. military on boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed 14 people and left one survivor, U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, alleging those on board were drug traffickers. In a post on X, Hegseth said Mexican authorities took over the search-and-rescue …
Read More »The water’s not safe to drink in much of war-torn Sudan. But people have no choice
As It Happens2 1/2 years of civil war fuels cholera crisis in Sudan Two weeks ago, a human body was removed from a well in a refugee camp in Sudan, according to Doctors Without Borders. Two days later, people were drinking the water again. It’s a distressing illustration of the …
Read More »A Chinese research vessel returns to Arctic waters — and Canada is watching
The Canadian military and possibly the coast guard are keeping tabs on a Chinese research vessel as it returns to Arctic waters off Alaska for the second year in a row. Data compiled by an independent researcher and ship tracker, Steffan Watkins, shows a Canadian air force CP-140 surveillance plane …
Read More »How a group of orcas were captured — and some freed — in B.C. waters over 50 years ago
March 1, 1970. It was a blustery, cold morning off the southern tip of Vancouver Island when four men on a boating trip spotted something unusual in the waves. A white dorsal fin. A white orca. Seeing the creatures is extremely rare; in 2020, Stephanie Hayes, a marine biology PhD candidate with the …
Read More »Suspected Israel shark attack highlights risk of entering waters when marine animals present
Israeli police scoured the Mediterranean coast for a swimmer they fear may have been attacked by a shark, in an area that has long seen close encounters between marine predators and beachgoers who sometimes seek them out. A shiver of endangered dusky and sandbar sharks has been swimming close to the area …
Read More »Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. waters
President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the federal Outer …
Read More »Newfoundland waters were a U-boat hunting ground, and that legacy has not been forgotten
It’s an unusually calm fall day on the Avalon Peninsula, and Neil Burgess and Ysabelle Hubert are preparing to take advantage of the mirror-like conditions on Conception Bay to pursue one of their passions. The name on the side of their aluminum boat, Wreckfinder, gives it away. This married couple loves to …
Read More »Visiting cadets learn to navigate the waters of Okanagan Lake – Okanagan
Visiting cadets spent the weekend learning to sail on the waters of Okanagan Lake. The cadets travelled from Prince Rupert and Smithers, B.C., to learn how to sail at Vernon’s North Okanagan Sailing Association, which trains 16 to 22 sea cadet groups each year. William Spat from the Prince Rupert …
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