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Family research, DNA and buttons identify British-Canadian lieutenant 107 years after his death

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From his home office in West Yorkshire, England, Richard Hemsley flips through a folder of papers. He decides on one, then looks up.  “I’ll read it to you, if I put my glasses on,” he says. When he’s adjusted his frames, he starts the letter of condolences about his grandfather, Lt. Francis Hemsley. “He was in … Read more

‘Prolific’ killer whale matriarch Wake presumed dead after nearly a year without a sighting

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An orca matriarch known as “one of the most prolific female killer whales” on record is presumed dead after nearly a year without a sighting on the West Coast, according to B.C. researchers. T46, also known as Wake, was a transient or Bigg’s killer whale thought to have been born in 1966. Jared Towers, a … Read more