National

Windy, Stormy Weather Puts Clean Up Operations On Hold For Sunken B.C. Tug

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Oct, 2016 01:35 PM

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Stormy weather has paused the operation to remove thousands of litres of diesel from a sunken tug off British Columbia's central coast.

Salvage crews have recovered more than 88,000 of the estimated 200,000 litres of fuel from the Nathan E. Stewart, which ran aground and sank last week in Seaforth Channel, about 20 kilometres west of Bella Bella.

The latest joint situation report says more fuel is scheduled to be emptied Wednesday, but smaller boats working on the operation have been told to stand down because of predictions of gale to storm-force winds.

Other parts of the operation, including shoreline clean up assessment, wildlife observations and environmental sampling were also put on hold because of forecast.

The local Heiltsuk First Nation says in a news release that responders are concerned the tug may move in the storm, causing fuel to spill.

Jess Housty, an elected councillor for the Heiltsuk, says that an aerial tour of the scene Tuesday showed that damage to the area is extensive.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Canadian Rapper Classified Urges Fans To Condemn Sentence Given To Man Who Sexually Assaulted Girl

Classified — whose real name is Luke Boyd — took to Facebook to encourage his supporters to let the judge in the case know they were upset with the sentence handed down in St. John's on Wednesday.

Canadian Rapper Classified Urges Fans To Condemn Sentence Given To Man Who Sexually Assaulted Girl

First Autumn Windstorm Over Southern B.C. Cuts Power To Thousands Of Customers

Gusts of nearly 90 kilometres per hour were recorded during the height of the storm.

First Autumn Windstorm Over Southern B.C. Cuts Power To Thousands Of Customers

Canadians May Face Higher Mortgage Rates With Changes, Mortgage Brokers Say

James Laird, president of mortgage company CanWise Financial and co-founder of rate-watching website RateHub, says the non-bank mortgage lenders offer important competition for the big banks.

Canadians May Face Higher Mortgage Rates With Changes, Mortgage Brokers Say

Manitoba Liberal Says Obesity Should Be Protected Under Human Rights Code

Jon Gerrard, one of only three Liberal legislature members, has introduced a private member's bill to forbid discrimination based on people's "physical size and weight."

Manitoba Liberal Says Obesity Should Be Protected Under Human Rights Code

In The Red: Federal Government Posts Narrow $1 Billion Deficit In 2015-16

The shortfall, released in a package of year-end numbers Friday, was a bit smaller than the $5.4-billion deficit projected by the Trudeau government in its March budget

In The Red: Federal Government Posts Narrow $1 Billion Deficit In 2015-16

'No Current Risk' After Mosquito That Can Transmit Zika Found In Ont.: Officials

Four Aedes albopictus mosquitoes were discovered last month during regular surveillance for the West Nile virus, but all of them tested negative for Zika.