Women Divers Hall of Fame grant applications and training are now available to women and men for 2021. Application Instructions:…
Author: Kathy Dowsett
Kathy Dowsett
Kathy is the owner of Kirk Scuba Gear, a passionate Scuba Diver, Ocean Advocate and Managing Editor of The Scuba News Canada
The J. S. Seaverns was a cargo ship built in Saugatuck, Michigan in August 1880 and sank in Lake Superior…
1 August 1917 the HMHS Letitia ran aground at Portuguese Cove in Nova Scotia’s Halifax Harbour. The Letitia was a…
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is committed to protecting Canada’s wildlife and biodiversity and safeguarding the long-term health and productivity of Canada’s fisheries resources. These…
Join us for an evening of shark celebration and discovery on September 25, 2020. The Shark Trust invites you back for its second year. Shark Trust initially decided to…
Paul Patrick Piper, 58, the former S.S. Badger finance director who lives in Ludington, Michigan has been found guilty of…
The annual DEMA Show, organized by DEMA, is the world’s largest trade-only exhibition for companies doing business in the scuba…
Meeting at the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse (SIM, 10 rue de la Bourse in Mulhouse, France) with Céline Cousteau on…
The new 420-page book “DANIEL J. MORRELL-Lost, But No Longer Forgotten” is now accepting pre-orders. This new book, featuring more…
Norbert Pietkiewicz, owner of Aqua Sub Scuba Diving Centre in Toronto, has always told his dive students that no decompression…
Pro Underwater photographer/diver Jill Heinerth shares the back story of how she took this video of the “Sweepstakes Shipwreck” in…
Edmonton Alberta’s Cathie and John McCuaig recently dove Beauvert Lake (Lac Beauvert) a small lake (0.4 km/.24 mile) in Jasper…
In the fall of 2018, Jill Heinreth and Mario Cyr filmed a video entitled “Under Thin Ice” on CBC for…
The International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame’s (ISDHF) milestone 20th Anniversary Induction, set to take place in the Cayman Islands on…
This DAN survey aims to provide answers to divers, dive companies and medical professionals about returning to diving after COVID-19…
Spaces Available Now! Join fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society Rick Stanley and John Olivero for a true excursion…
One of the challenges for designing and engineering projects that are in, around, and underwater is determining what is actuality below the water line
A British-born Canadian Citizen, Simon has lived and sculpted on Saltspring Island in British Columbia for thirty years, and became…
Often a monument is erected to honour those who have died, including spontaneous memorials that we see constructed in the…
The Norman was designed by the Globe Iron Works in Cleveland, Ohio in 1890. It was one of the first…
Over 65 years ago, a little-known Canadian serviceman gave his life in the service of his country when his plane…
Whales, the true sentinels of the seas and the smartest, largest and most vulnerable of all sea creatures on the…
Dive Penetanguishene Shipwrecks with Riverdiver and Dive Kawartha, in Georgian Bay on the Maple Dawn Shipwreck. An ideal trip for…
The Emperor was built in 1910 by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., in Collingwood, Ontario, for Inland Lines Ltd. of Midland, Ontario.…
Alex Storm, a Cape Breton-er, author and co-discoverer of the french ship SS Cormeau passed away August 12, 2020 at…
After two weeks of intensive treatment for COVID19, Paco Valverde, Marine Biologist and vaquita conservation specialist, passed away 31 July…
“Its a whale of a plan” Over 300 beluga whales are in captivity worldwide, with some going to a new…
HMS Princess Charlotte, renamed the HMS Burlington, was a 42-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy built in 1814, at…
We use science to educate and protect. This is our mission. This is what drives us relentlessly forward. The challenges…
The Florence Spirit (heading down the Welland Canal towards Lake Ontario) and Alanis (heading to Lake Erie), both great lake…
Join us for another Friday Afternoon Beer Session, with Chanelle Zaphiropoulos, “To defend one must know: From the Archeological Process…
Are you an Advanced Open Water Diver, or need to do your Deep or Wreck Adventure Diving as part of…
Last summer, Steve Lewis’ longtime friend, Paul Vincent Toomer called him to tell him that he had accepted RAID International’s…
Tobermory Investors Real Estate Inc., and Sault Ste. Marie may have reached an understanding / agreement regarding the MS Norgoma…
Come join Ross Richardson for another virtual “Manitou Mysteries Shipwreck Adventure” talk on Zoom. Ross’s talk on this virtual series…
On 23 July 2020, Shearwater revealed the latest in their range of dive computers, the Peregrine. Since its inception in…
We want you! NAUI is spearheading a new ‘scholarship’ program for dive professionals in conjunction with NAUI Dive team colleagues.…
Bill and Nadine Beard are PADI Instructors, SSI Platinum Pro 5000 members and were elected to The International Legends Of…
Jennifer Carter; an Explorers Club fellow, author and producer who co-authored the book “Titanic Adventure: One Woman’s True Life Voyage…
Based in Richmond, British Columbia, Shearwater Research has something to share with scuba divers on Thursday 23 July 2020. Shearwater…
There are few shipwrecked vessels in all of the Great Lakes that can match the Westmoreland treasure-ship story. During her…
Hamonic was a passenger vessel built for operation on the Great Lakes. It was launched in 1909 and served on…
Five TV Weeks of Sharks 2020! The National Geographic “SharkFest’s” television festival extended its 3 week appearance in 2019 to…
“Under Thin Ice”, the documentary from explorers, Jill Heinerth and Mario Cyr, has won a significant award from the Canadian…
Theodore Tugboat Too is up for sale at a $495,000 asking price. The Tugboat has entertained many a Halifax Harbor…