VIDEO: Orcas hunt sea lion near Vancouver Island shoreline

Terry Farrell
Dec. 2, 2020 10:00 a.m.
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Twelve-year-old Ella Smiley, of Comox Valley Wildlife Sightings, caught up with a pod of orcas on a sea lion hunt Saturday, Nov. 28, near the shoreline at Kitty Coleman Park.

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