By The Canadian Press, October 26, 2016 BELLA BELLA, B.C. – Members of a First Nation on British Columbia’s central coast say they’re angered and dismayed by a federal minister’s response to a fuel spill in the area. Fisheries and Oceans minister Dominic LeBlanc has issued a statement saying crews have finished pumping oil from… Continue reading B.C. First Nation angered by federal response to downed tug
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Sunken B.C. tug's tanks now pumped out, thousands of litres of fuel not recovered
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press, October 26, 2016 BELLA BELLA, B.C. — More than 90,000 litres of diesel have yet to be accounted for after a group overseeing cleanup of a spill from a submerged tug on British Columbia’s central coast said the tanks aboard the Nathan E. Stewart have been pumped out. Heiltsuk Nation… Continue reading Sunken B.C. tug's tanks now pumped out, thousands of litres of fuel not recovered
Wreck of U-Boat Sunk by a 'Sea Monster' Found
By Rossella Lorenzi, Seeker.com, October 19, 2016 Engineers may have found the final resting place of a WWI sub that legend says was attacked by a sea monster. Marine engineers laying an electricity cable beneath the Irish Sea may have stumbled into the wreck of a WW1 German submarine which folklore says was attacked by… Continue reading Wreck of U-Boat Sunk by a 'Sea Monster' Found
Stormy weather puts diesel clean up operations on hold for sunken B.C. tug
By The Canadian Press, October 19, 2016 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… Continue reading Stormy weather puts diesel clean up operations on hold for sunken B.C. tug
Race to drain diesel fuel from sunken tug underway off B.C. coast
By The Canadian Press, October 18, 2016 BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Salvage crews have begun the process of removing thousands of litres of diesel from a sunken 30-metre tug off British Columbia’s central coast. Divers began the operation late Monday afternoon by connecting equipment to fuel tanks aboard the Nathan E. Stewart, which rests in… Continue reading Race to drain diesel fuel from sunken tug underway off B.C. coast