Spotting a grey whale in Vancouver isn't a good thing

Spotting a grey whale in Vancouver isn't a good thing

You might have been lucky enough to have spotted a whale in and around the Vancouver area this year, with many Vancouverites reporting whale sightings — even in highly urbanized areas like Kits Beach. While this is good news on a couple of fronts, as it points to a rebound in humpback whales and transient killer whales, it’s a much sadder story for grey whales. According to Andrew Trites, a professor at the University of British Columbia’s Insti…