Hundreds of dead fish were found in Vancouver Island's Reay Creek on Friday afternoon, and conservationists are concerned they were killed by contaminants flowing from a nearby storm drain. Ian Bruce, executive coordinator with the conservation group Peninsula Streams Society, said the fish were spotted by a young boy, whose parents alerted the Town of Sidney. Town officials then called in the society to examine the fish and stream. Bruce told CHEK News this is the seventh or eighth time in the past 20 years he's come across something similar in that particular creek. "We've all worked so hard to bring this creek up to a level and it kills me to see these fish die," resident Collins told CHEK News.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2021 04:03 UTC