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8 days agoNewsDuration 2:06Efforts are underway to save a shipwreck that washed ashore in southwestern Newfoundland last month. It has broken its mooring and is being battered by the sea. If efforts are successful, the community of Cape Ray, N.L., hopes it will boost local tourism. 8 days agoNewsDuration2:06Efforts are underway to save a shipwreck that washed ashore in southwestern Newfoundland last month. It has broken its mooring and is being battered by the sea. If efforts are successful, the community of Cape Ray,…

Newfoundland and Labrador is a world leader in trying to save whales tangled in ocean detritus, including fishing gear, communications lines and plane debris.Now the province's whale-disentanglement experts are working to pass those skills on to others."Different groups use different tools, so we're looking at the safest and most effective," said Julie Huntington of the St. John's-based group Whale Release and Strandings."We're discussing adapting tools and have prototypes that have never been in the water. This workshop…