The Canadian military, those legends of World War II, don't get a lot of respect these days - namely from the Canadian government.
But they can still kill stuff. Unfortunately, the only time it makes the news is when they might have killed a whale during training exercises. There's no proof, of course, but when it comes to criticizing the military, Canadian news does not need proof; the headlines make the claim and then they bury the qualifiers.
A young killer whale, orca L112, died on the beach in Washington state in February a few days after HMCS Ottawa conducted sonar training exercises in the waters off Victoria, B.C. This prompted Americans to launch an investigation and look at Canadians.
Let that sink in for a moment. American law enforcement officials are concerned about the Canadian military killing things by accident.
Was the vast Canadian armada really responsible? Who knows? Brian Gorman, with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, had the prize waffling quote for a non-story that somehow still made Canadian newspapers: "I suspect [the investigation] may extend to the Canadians or it may not".
