RICHARD MUIRHEAD: Is this the first Canadian porcupine fish?

A rare poisonous fish, usually found in tropical waters, was found earlier this month washed up on shore near a Vancouver Island community. 

The tissues of the spotted porcupine fish contain tetrodotoxin, which can cause paralysis and eventually asphyxiation, according to Gavin Hanke, the curator of vertebrate zoology at the Royal B.C. Museum. 

It's the first time the species has been found in B.C., he said. It's been preserved as part of the museum's collection. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/porcupine-fish-jordan-river-1.5338474

RICHARD MUIRHEAD: From the archives

The Belleview Times

May 31st 1912

Alberta newspaper

Burmis is a community in Alberta

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RICHARD MUIRHEAD: Very rare bird in Vancouver

VICTORIA - Bird enthusiasts have flocked to Vancouver Island from all over the world to catch a glimpse of a rare bird that has touched down.

Kirsten Mills was one of the first to spot the yellow-browed warbler in Panama Flats on Friday and since then her phone has been ringing off the hook.

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/extremely-rare-bird-spotted-on-vancouver-island-1.4646596

RICHARD MUIRHEAD: Strange howls in the Ontario wilderness

TORONTO -- Does Bigfoot exist? And if so, is it Canadian?

Ontario hunter Gino Meekis recorded videos of strange, loud, echoing howls in the woods that have left biologists scratching their heads.

He’d never “heard anything like this before,” he told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview. “It was more bass-y than anything I’ve heard scream before.”

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hunter-captures-strange-howl-in-northern-ontario-woods-1.4686394

Sad news

I have some sad news for you all. Robin contacted me the other day. She is seriously ill, and will not be able to run CFZ Canada for the foreseeable future. She was going to resign, but I told her that she is much loved and very appreciated member of the CFZ family, and that Richard Muirhead, Richard Freeman, Carl Marshall and I would act as placeholders until she returns.

In the meantime we are all sending her our love and healing vibes. Bloody hell I sound like an old hippie…..