Freshwater fisheries and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

The Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire on an offshore oil-drilling platform on April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico has been described as one of the largest marine oil spills in history. The threat to Florida’s commercial and recreational fisheries was...

Squid jigging has started heating up

From late summer through winter, millions of squid return to spawn in Puget Sound, and before they do that they pack a hearty appetite gorging on small baitfish and crustaceans.

What's Going On

The Ambleside Orchestra of West Vancouver rehearses Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m. in the Community Music Hall at West Vancouver Recreation Centre. All strings welcome. Needed are french horns and double bass. Info: 604-926-4814.

Yin and yang in harmony

Travel editor Stephen Scourfield makes the most of a Kimberley cruising holiday that combines comfort, activity and education.

Half a million nutria killed under program

Most of those swamp rats were trapped in Terrebonne, a parish that takes the hardest hit from the nutria’s hunger for wetland grasses.