The microscopic parasite that causes the disease preys on young fish, causing them to swim in a whirling pattern, and often eventually killing them. It has the potential to wipe out entire fish ...

The Shuswap Watershed Council(SWC) and Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society(CSISS) are raising the alarm after whirling ...

The detection of whirling disease in Kootenay Lake southeast of Revelstoke prompted a reminder for area residents to be ...

The provincial Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says three trout samples from the southern arm of Kootenay Lake have tested positive for the parasite that causes whirling disease.

The British Columbia government says it has detected more cases of a parasite that Parks Canada describes as potentially ...