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Well-known orca dies in Johnstone Strait surrounded by family, dolphins
Canucks: Could Conor Garland really be a Team USA Olympian? Man involved in neighbour dispute shot and killed by Vancouver police Elon Musk's private jet lands in Bella Bella on B.C.'s central coast over the weekend Well-known orca dies in Johnstone Strait surrounded by family, dolphins There was no immediate word on what caused the death of the killer whale known as I76, but threats to the species include lack of prey, toxin accumulations and vessel impacts. Photo by VIA FACEBOOK Article content Whale researcher Jared Towers said his sadness was profound as he witnessed an orca he had documented over the years die and slip into the depths last weekend. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Sign In or Create an Account Email Address Continue or View more offers Article content Towers was called out to Johnstone Strait on Sunday to see a member of the threatened northern resident killer whales that was in poor health. Article content tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Well-known orca dies in Johnstone Strait surrounded by family, dolphins Back to video tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Play Video Article content I76, a 28-year-old male well known to researchers and whale watchers around the North Island, died at the entrance to Blackney Pass. Towers, executive director of Bay Cetology and an Alert Bay resident, watched as the big male took his last breath. 'I've had to change the official status of many northern resident orcas from alive to deceased over the years, but I have never watched one pass until this day,' Towers said in a social media post. Towers said I76 was with his 45-year-old mother, 22-year-old sister and three-year-old nephew during his final moments. 'During [the] years, I watched him grow. I watched him socialize, forage, sleep, beach-rub and play, always alongside his kin,' Towers said in the post. Canucks Report Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Canucks Report will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Article content Advertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The Orca Lab reported that I76 had been spotted the day before in poor health and was looking 'extremely thin,' and that Towers was called out. Towers said the behaviours that I76 and his family members were exhibiting leading up to his last breath — and those of his kin — were still settling in. 'The news filled everyone with profound sadness, both personally and collectively, as everyone absorbed and contemplated what had happened,' said Helena Symonds of Orca Lab. Symonds said Towers found I76 on the Vancouver Island side of the strait, opposite the entrance to Blackney Pass. 'The rest of his small family were further away,' said Symonds. 'The day was grey, the ocean only slightly agitated. As several dolphins surrounded and overwhelmed I76, his mother came flying across to him.' Advertisement 4 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content She said I76's family remained close to his side, with the dolphins surrounding the entire family. 'This continued until I76 took his last breath and sank out of sight into the depths. His family lingered near his last position, then began to call.' Towers said the last time he saw I76 was last July. 'He was healthy and chasing a big salmon past my boat,' said Towers. 'I like to think he enjoyed that moment, too.' Towers' work includes studies of the movements and ecology of cetacean populations using photo-identification and telemetry. Since 2006, he has conducted field research on orcas as well as fin, humpback, grey, minke and blue whales in the North Pacific and currently manages Bigg's and northern resident killer whale population data sets for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Advertisement 5 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content According to the Orca Conservancy, northern resident killer whales are a genetically and culturally distinct population like their southern resident cousins, though they do not interact or breed with each other. Both are fish eaters, with a preference for chinook salmon. The northern resident community is significantly larger and consists of three clans: A Clan, G Clan, and R Clan, which are divided into 16 pods with more than 300 individuals. There was no immediate word on what caused the death of I76, but threats to the species include lack of prey, toxin accumulations and vessel impacts. The southern residents have three pods and are down to 74 individuals. Male northern residents, on average, live for about 30 years, but can reach 50 to 60 years, according to The Whale Tail, which tracks orcas and whales. dkloster@ Read More Vancouver harbour a buffet of seals for Bigg's orcas A world first: Researchers announce plan to save B.C.'s endangered southern resident orcas Article content Share this article in your social network Latest National Stories
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Cadillac counts down to its F1 debut with lessons from NASA and 'inverse Ted Lasso'
A file photo shows the Cadillac logo, a General Motors Co. brand, on display on a vehicle at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh. AP Photo The clock is ticking until Cadillac joins the Formula 1 grid. Literally. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS Enjoy the latest local, national and international news. Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events. Unlimited online access to National Post. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ARTICLES Enjoy the latest local, national and international news. Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events. Unlimited online access to National Post. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors 'On the wall of every office that we have is a countdown clock,' team principal Graeme Lowdon told The Associated Press in a recent interview. 'It's counting down to two things.' One is the first 'fire-up' of the car with its engine, and then the other is free practice at Cadillac's first official F1 session in Melbourne, Australia in March next year. It will be the start of a new mission for General Motors, and the end of a process to join F1 which included years of negotiations, a change of name and leadership, even a U.S. Justice Department investigation. As a British racing boss creating an American team, Lowdon feels like an 'inverse Ted Lasso,' the fictional U.S. soccer coach in London. Hired in part for his experience navigating the sport's complex process for approving new teams, Lowdon says he's worked hard to adapt to U.S. racing culture for a team which will build its cars out of Fishers, Indiana. There's also a design and manufacturing site near the British Grand Prix track at Silverstone, but Cadillac has a vision of running an 'American team,' Lowdon said. The idea is to get as many different perspectives on designing a race car as possible. 'Formula 1 is a very creative business,' Lowdon said. 'With diversity of thought comes innovation and hopefully lap time.' Past attempts to operate an F1 team outside of the sport's heartlands in England and Italy have rarely worked. Cadillac is taking lessons from the 1960s space race. Rather than read a list of racing failures, Lowdon looked for non-F1 projects with 'immovable deadlines, huge amount of public scrutiny, multiple sites, highly technical,' he said. 'The best example I could find were the the Apollo missions.' 'I looked a lot into how NASA had done the management structure of the business. I thought there were some very clever things that they did that we could build into a new design of a Formula 1 team, a complete new way of managing it. The primary objective was to maximize peer-to-peer communication between engineers.' F1's other American team, Haas, is more reliant on Europe. Its HQ is in North Carolina but the team is largely based in Britain and designs its cars in Italy. Drivers on the short list While existing teams have their race drivers heavily involved in the design of 2026 cars, Lowdon said the fact that Cadillac hasn't confirmed who its drivers will be shouldn't be seen as a setback.
National Post
an hour ago
- National Post
Pirates call up Bubba Chandler, baseball's top pitching prospect
PITTSBRURGH — Baseball's top pitching prospect is getting called up to the majors. Article content The Pittsburgh Pirates have decided to promote 22-year-old right hander Bubba Chandler ahead of their game Friday against the Colorado Rockies, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Article content The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the roster move was not yet official. Article content Article content
