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Halloween at the Vancouver Aquarium: Half-priced admission for Costumed Kids and other spook-tacular offerings

October 18, 2019

With plenty of spook-tacular creatures (like sharks, spiders, snakes, bats and jellyfish), the Vancouver Aquarium®, an Ocean Wise® initiative, is the perfect place to kick-start your Halloween celebrations...

Vote for the Oceans on October 21: A Message from Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise president & CEO

Ocean Wise

October 18, 2019

Aquablog

Canadians speak proudly about Canada stretching from “sea to shining sea.” Those seas (all three of them, actually) are under serious environmental threat. As we approach the October 21 Canadian federal el...

Ocean Wise Applauds Canada and 5 G7 Countries Committed to Reducing Plastic Pollution

Ocean Wise

June 9, 2018

Aquablog, Ocean Wise

Today’s adoption of a global plastics charter by five G-7 countries, including Canada, to target single-use plastic waste reduction is a timely and significant step for protection of our world’s oceans. “As ...

Vancouver Aquarium — Our Future

Ocean Wise

January 18, 2018

Aquablog, Vancouver Aquarium

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Life in the information age is both exhilarating and challenging. We’re more plugged into technology and instant info than at any time in our history … but we’re also far less connected to our natural world. ...

Aurora

Ocean Wise

November 25, 2016

Vancouver Aquarium

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It’s with immense sadness that we share the passing of beluga whale Aurora. As detailed last week and through daily updates on her condition, Aurora had been sick for the past two weeks, showing symptoms of abd...

An Update on Beluga Whales

Ocean Wise

November 17, 2016

Vancouver Aquarium

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Yesterday morning, we shared the sudden passing of beluga whale Qila. The health and safety of animals at Vancouver Aquarium are our top priorities and we are investigating all possible explanations as to why s...

Remembering Qila

Ocean Wise

November 16, 2016

Vancouver Aquarium

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When Qila, the first-ever beluga whale to be conceived and born in a Canadian aquarium, arrived on July 23, 1995, it was cause for celebration. The little whale was quick to win the hearts of everyone who spent...

Our Mission as a Marine Science Centre

Ocean Wise

January 27, 2016

Vancouver Aquarium

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Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre is a conservation organization that Canadians look to for science and facts on important issues. Every now and then we feel the need to clarify inaccurate messages being...

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