Tour company heading to trial for alleged whale chase caught on camera

An iceberg and whale watching tour company and a boater areheading to separate trials for allegedly getting too close to a whale off Newfoundland's coast.

• Boat operators charged after alleged whale chase caught on camera

Trial dates were set Friday for local tour company, Iceberg Quest Ocean Tours, which allegedly got too close to a whale near Cape Spear in August 2014.

A CBC crew that happened to beon the water the day of the incident with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans had recorded the incident on video.

The company has already pleaded not guilty and is now slated to go to trial in May.

Meanwhile, Walter Reddick, 62, of Tors Coveis facing the same charge.

Reddick was allegedlyoperating the tour boat thatday.

He has also pleaded not guilty and is heading to trial next month.