Near Duncan - Royal Roads University

Drought in the Saanich Peninsula

North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada

14 May 2023

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Fish arriving in revitalized stream in View Royal, B.C.

View Royal, British Columbia, Canada

16 Feb 2023

Vancouver Island

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16 Feb -
14 May 2023

Record-breaking numbers of whales were spotted off Victoria’s coast in 2022

Salish Sea

11 Jan 2023

Victoria Buzz

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Photographer finds massive octopus dead on Vancouver Island shore

Cherry Point, British Columbia, Canada

10 May 2022

Victoria Times Colonist

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Discovery of fly larvae positive sign for salmon

Bowker Creek, Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada

28 Oct 2021

CTV News, Vancouver Island

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Rare clash between two distinct kinds of orcas in the Salish Sea — and the endangered fish-eaters won

Point Roberts, Washington, United States

12 Oct 2021

KNKX Public Radio

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Chinook salmon returning in surprising numbers to Cowichan River

Cowichan River

29 Sep 2021

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29 Sep -
28 Oct 2021

'Unprecedented' absence of southern resident killer whales from Salish Sea

Salish Sea

21 Jul 2021

Vancouver Island

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Arbutus trees under stress on Gabriola Island

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

1 Apr 2021

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Pine Siskin Salmonellosis Outbreak

North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada

31 Jan 2021

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An Increase of Hail in Victoria, British Columbia

Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada

1 Jan 2021

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Jan 2021

Rare King-of-the-salmon fish found on Vancouver Island

Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

30 Sep 2020

CTV News - Vancouver Island

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Rare fish washes ashore at Whiffen Spit

Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

22 Sep 2020

Times Colonist

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22 - 30
Sep 2020

	Multiple bear sightings in Saanich, near UVic Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 5 Jun 2020 Victoria Buzz My Maps
	Black bears on the move: more heading south Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 4 Jun 2020 CHEK My Maps
	Invasive Himalayan Blackberry Out-competing Native Bushes Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2 Jun 2020 My Maps
	Caught on cam: Tornado touches down on Vancouver Island Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 21 May 2020 ctvnews My Maps

21 May -
5 Jun 2020

Invasive Common Wall Lizard Continues to Spread, Saanich

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

1 May 2020

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Pollen in Abundance: A Stress Crop?

Langford, British Columbia, Canada

14 Apr 2020

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Urban Deer Playing

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

31 Mar 2020

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31 Mar -
1 May 2020

Rare flock of birds spotted in Oak Bay

Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada

29 Nov 2019

Victoria News

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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Sighting, Rare on Vancouver Island

University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

1 Nov 2019

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Nov 2019

	Rare bird sighting brings crowds of birding enthusiasts to Vancouver Island Panama Flats, Victoria, BC, Canada 19 Oct 2019 CHEK My Maps
	Hybrid salmon discovered by scientists on Vancouver Island Cowichan River, British Columbia, Canada 12 Oct 2019 CBC My Maps
	Schools of California Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) Ross Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 6 Oct 2019 My Maps
	Poisonous porcupine fish arrives on Island shores — a B.C. first Jordan River, B.C. Canada 5 Oct 2019 Times Colonist My Maps
	Invasive Asian giant hornets found on Vancouver Island Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 11 Sep 2019 CTV News My Maps
	Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at St Margerats Bay St. Margerats Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 5 Sep 2019 My Maps
	Blue-green algae advisory in effect for Prior Lake on Vancouver Island Prior Lake, British Columbia, Canada 29 Aug 2019 CBC My Maps
	Blue-green algae advisory in effect for Prior Lake on Vancouver Island Prior Lake, British Columbia, Canada 29 Aug 2019 CBC My Maps
	Lake water to be pumped into B.C. river due to severe drought Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada 27 Aug 2019 CBC My Maps
	CRD warns visitors, dog owners of toxic algae in Beaver Lake Elk Lake, British Columbia, Canada 10 Aug 2019 Victoria News My Maps

10 Aug -
19 Oct 2019

	Invasive poison hemlock a growing concern on Vancouver Island Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada 10 Jul 2019 Vancouver Island My Maps
	TenTen Creek return of Salmon Species North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 1 Jul 2019 My Maps
	Victoria sets rainfall record amid very dry June Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 27 Jun 2019 CTV News, Vancouver Island My Maps
	It’s spring, but B.C. is sounding the alarm on drought British Columbia, Canada 11 Jun 2019 Port Alberni Valley News My Maps
	Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Feeding in Haro Strait Haro Strait, Canada 19 May 2019 My Maps
	Extreme weather sparks large die off of Cedar on Vancouver Island East Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 15 May 2019 CHEK My Maps
	Climate change effects obvious on Cowichan River, wildfire season Cowichan River, British Columbia, Canada 13 May 2019 Cowichan Valley Citizen My Maps
	Dead grey whale towed to Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for necropsy Sidney Channel, British Columbia, Canada 5 Apr 2019 CHEK My Maps

5 Apr -
10 Jul 2019

	Intrusion of Beach Stones and Saltwater into the Coastal Forest French Beach Provincial Park 24 Mar 2019 My Maps
	Eagle preys on duck on Saanich Peninsula North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 26 Feb 2019 Victoria News My Maps
	72 dead baby sharks removed from dead pregnant shark during necropsy at Coles Bay Coles Bay, Saanich, BC 7 Feb 2019 My Maps
	Pregnant shark washes up on Vancouver Island shoreline North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 6 Feb 2019 Vancouver Island My Maps
	Pregnant Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus) in Coles Bay Cole Bay, British Columbia, Canada 5 Feb 2019 My Maps

5 Feb -
24 Mar 2019

	Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan Bay Duncan, British Columbia, Canada 14 Nov 2018 CHEK My Maps
	Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) die-off French Beach North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 1 Nov 2018 My Maps
	Three new humpback whales identified off east Vancouver Island Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada 30 Oct 2018 CHEK My Maps
	'A really, really significant sighting': Vancouver Island birdwatchers aflutter over unusual arrival Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 18 Oct 2018 CBC My Maps

18 Oct -
14 Nov 2018

	Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) mortality from drought stress Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 Sep 2018 My Maps
	Drought has volunteers walking Cowichan Lake area’s dry rivers and creek-beds looking for stranded fish fry Cowichan Lake Area, British Columbia, Canada 22 Aug 2018 Lake Cowichan Gazette My Maps
	Warning issued after toxic death cap mushrooms found in Greater Victoria Cedar Hill Golf Course, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 17 Jul 2018 Times Colonist My Maps
	Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Foraging in Re-occupied Soft Bottom Habitats Haro Strait, British Columbia, Canada 21 Jun 2018 My Maps
	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Targeting Forage Fish in Open Water Island View Beach, British Columbia, Canada 21 Jun 2018 My Maps
	Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Sighted in the Haro Strait Island View Beach Regional Park 8 Jun 2018 My Maps
	'Set net' of Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Island View Beach, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 8 Jun 2018 My Maps
	Rare killer whale sighting in Victoria's Inner Harbour Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 7 Jun 2018 CTVNews My Maps

7 Jun -
3 Sep 2018

	Where salmon recreational fishing will be closed to boost orcas Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada 2 Jun 2018 Times Colonist My Maps
	What is Eating Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) Leaves? Mount Tolmie, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 27 May 2018 My Maps
	Gulf Islanders raise alarm over too many whale-watching boats Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada 26 May 2018 CBC News My Maps
	Pair of Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris) Observed in Cordova Channel Tsawout First Nation Beach, British Columbia, Canada 19 May 2018 My Maps
	Bivalves recently cracked by sea otters (Enhydra lutris) indicating re-occupation Island View Beach, British Columbia, Canada 7 Apr 2018 My Maps
	Vancouver Island cholera outbreak 'a unique situation,' health officials say Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 25 Mar 2018 Vancouver Sun My Maps

25 Mar -
2 Jun 2018

	Unseasonably early daffodils prompt wish for cold weather on B.C. farm North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 9 Feb 2018 Lake Cowichan Gazette My Maps
	Victoria breaks rainfall record for November Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2 Dec 2017 Lake Cowichan Gazette My Maps
	Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) Mortality North Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada 27 Nov 2017 My Maps
	Wednesday's warm weather record-breaking in Duncan Duncan, British Columbia, Canada 24 Nov 2017 Cowichan Valley Citizen My Maps

24 Nov 2017 -
9 Feb 2018

	'Very rare' King-of-the-Salmon fish found on Vancouver Island beach Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 24 Sep 2017 CBC News My Maps
	Rare "king-of-the-salmon" washes up on Oak Bay beach Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 21 Sep 2017 Surrey Now-Leader My Maps
	Dry Koksilah River threatens fish in Cowichan Valley Koksiloh River, British Columbia, Canada 5 Sep 2017 Lake Cowichan Gazette My Maps
	Juvenile Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in southern coastal BC Southern BC Waters 2 Sep 2017 My Maps
	Increase in Common Raven (Corvus corax) abundance Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 22 Aug 2017 My Maps

22 Aug -
24 Sep 2017

	Warning about Death Cap mushrooms in Victoria and Vancouver Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 22 Jul 2017 NEWS 1130 My Maps
	Death cap mushrooms popping up early in Uplands Ripon Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 18 Jul 2017 Times Colonist My Maps
	Death cap mushrooms beginning to return to Victoria Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 17 Jul 2017 CBC News My Maps
	Potentially fatal death cap mushrooms spotted in Victoria neighbourhood Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 17 Jul 2017 Vancouver Island My Maps
	Fewer European Earwigs (Forficula auricularia) in Victoria, BC Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 4 Jun 2017 My Maps
	Leaping lizards! Victoria under invasion Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 27 May 2017 Times Colonist My Maps
	Victoria Day heat a 10-year Duncan high Duncan, British Columbia, Canada 25 May 2017 Lake Cowichan Gazette My Maps

25 May -
22 Jul 2017

No assurance that water in Cowichan River now will help with summer drought

Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada

5 Apr 2017

Lake Cowichan Gazette

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Herring spawn on eelgrass

Coal Port, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

2 Apr 2017

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Apr 2017

	December Blossoms of Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus subhirtella) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 Dec 2016 My Maps
	Sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) school Island View Beach 1 Dec 2016 My Maps
	Juvenile Sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) intertidal burrowing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 Nov 2016 My Maps
	Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) Leaves and Flowers Opening in November Mount Tolmie, Saanich, BC, Canada 1 Nov 2016 My Maps

1 Nov -
3 Dec 2016

	Juvenile Pacific Herring ball (Clupea pallasii) Henderson Point, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 10 Oct 2016 My Maps
	Mixed schools of Sandlance (Ammodytes personatus) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2 Oct 2016 My Maps
	Surf smelt (Hypomesus prestiosus) school 15m north of the Island View Beach boat ramp 28 Sep 2016 My Maps
	Increasing Sea Surface Temperature at Entrance Island Entrance Island, British Columbia, Canada 19 Sep 2016 My Maps
	Large school of post-larval California anchovy (Engraulis mordax) Trincomali Channel, Valdes Island 23 Aug 2016 My Maps

23 Aug -
10 Oct 2016

Stage 3 Water Restrictions in Shawnigan Lake, BC

Shawnigan Lake, BC

20 Apr 2016

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Big Mama and the return of the humpback whales to the Salish Sea

Salish Sea

17 Jun 2015

Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly

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Victoria Harbour 2: Contaminants in Sediment and Mussels

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

28 Jan 2015

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Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Sighted at Possession Point, Southern Vancouver Islan

Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

1 Sep 2014

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Rare and friendly sea otter spotted in waters off Saanich

Ten Mile Point, British Columbia, Canada

14 Aug 2014

Times Colonist

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14 Aug -
1 Sep 2014

B.C.'s Cowichan River in danger of drying up

Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

2 Oct 2012

CBC News

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Bird experts aflutter over drop in rufous hummingbird numbers

Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada

16 Aug 2012

Times Colonist

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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) off Southern Vancouver Island, Canada

Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

29 Aug 2009

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	Ocean / Sea	35
	Fish	32
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	25
	Weather	25
	Unusual Range / Sighting	24
	Marine Mammals	17
	Plants / Kelp	15
	Birds	14
	Human Health	14
	Sports / Recreation	14
	Death / Die-off / Decline	12
	Drought	11
	Seasonal Timing	10
	Unusual Size / Abundance	8
	Fungi	7
	Land	7
	Cultural Impact	6
	Buildings	6
	Unusual Animal Behavior	5
	Insects	5
	Invertebrates	5
	Land Mammals	5
	Pets	5
	Food Security	4
	Microbes	4
	Ice / Snow Change	4
	Algal Bloom	3
	Economic Impact	3
	Extreme Temperature	3
	Groundwater	3
	Safety	3
	Water Security	3
	Agriculture	2
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	2
	Extreme Precipitation	2
	Fisheries	2
	Livestock	2
	Reptiles	2
	Sanitation	2
	Transportation	2
	Fire	2
	Air Quality	1
	Air	1
	Aquaculture	1
	Atmosphere	1
	Erosion	1
	Flooding / Draining	1
	Harvest Change	1
	Infestation	1
	Rain on Snow	1
	Storm Surge	1
	Cyclone / Hurricane	1
	Pathogen	1
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	1

	Fall	32
	Summer	31
	Spring	22
	Winter	13

	2023	3
	2022	1
	2021	7
	2020	9
	2019	25
	2018	19
	2017	17
	2016	10
	2015	2
	2014	2
	2012	2
	2009	1

	January	4
	February	6
	March	3
	April	7
	May	12
	June	13
	July	8
	August	10
	September	13
	October	11
	November	8
	December	3

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