Global TV BC (May 3, 2012)
Fuel Slick Raising Concern
Opinion250 News (blog) - 6 hours ago
By 250 News Hartley Bay, BC- The leadership of the Gitga'at Nation held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss what they see as a failure of the federal government to respond appropriately to an unfolding maritime oil spill in the Great Bear ...
Northern BC oil spill: Coast Guard's alleged 'gone fishing' response sparks ... The Vancouver Observer - 14 hours ago Coast Guard staff sent to assess a Northern BC oil spill were caught on video fishing from their boat—a response the Gitga'at Nation says is "disgraceful". An oil spill reported in the Grenville Channel near Hartley Bay, BC this week has the local ...
BC First Nation calls for government action on historic wreck leaking fuel Global Toronto, Global Edmonton, GlobalNews.ca, Global Montreal, 680 News, Global Winnipeg, The Tyee and others - May 2, 2012 The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay announced Tuesday that a commercial pilot has reported a fuel slick about 60 metres wide and between 3.2 and eight kilometres long in Grenville Channel, south of Prince Rupert. The area is the final resting place of ...
Cullen says government should be embarassed by Grenville Channel spill Prince Rupert Northern View - May 3, 2012 As reported yesterday, members of the Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay reported a fuel slick five miles long and 200 feet wide in the waters of Grenville Channel. Today the Coast Guard, who sent a ship from Prince Rupert to respond, said they would be ...
B.C. wreck still leaking fuel: First Nation MetroNews Canada - May 2, 2012 The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay announced Tuesday that a commercial pilot has reported a fuel slick about 60 metres wide and between 3.2 and eight kilometres long in Grenville Channel, south of Prince Rupert. The area is the final resting place of ...
Hartley Bay oil spill - a tanker in a tea cup? Opinion250 News (blog) - 6 hours ago As Arnold Clifton, from the Gitga'at First Nation, has said, the fuel from the wreck is “still burping stuff up” (Postmedia News, May 3). So, after 66 years, the heavy oil from the US army transport ship has never been cleaned up, other than a couple ...
Shipwreck leaking fuel alarms BC First Nation CBC.ca - May 2, 2012 The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay announced Tuesday that a commercial pilot has reported a fuel slick about 60 metres wide and between 3.2 and eight kilometres long in Grenville Channel, south of Prince Rupert. The area is the final resting place of ...
Natives on BC coast haunted by threat from sunken Second World War ship Vancouver Sun - May 2, 2012 "I want to see them clean this mess up," Arnold Clifton, chief councillor of the Gitga'at Nation, said in an interview Wednesday. "It's getting pretty bad again." The US transport ship, Brigadier General MG Zalinski, is thought to have carried 700 ...
Coast Guard to hire divers to patch and inspect wreck off BC Coast Globe and Mail - May 2, 2012 “It's been ongoing for a while now,” said Arthur Clifton, a fisherman and a councillor with the Gitga'at Nation in Hartley Bay. “It's a big worry – with our shellfish and everything else.” The wreck is in the Grenville Channel, about 40 kilometres ...
Gitga'at Report Oil Spill in Grenville Channel CFTKTV - May 3, 2012 The Gitga'at Nation is reporting a large oil spill in Grenville Channel, near Hartley Bay. They estimate the spill as between two and five miles long and 200 feet wide -- and they say the location is near the proposed tanker route for the Enbridge ...
Oil slick from old warship Windsor Star - 9 hours ago The Gitga'at First Nation say previous pleas to deal with the wreck were ignored. "We could be looking at serious environmental impacts, including threats to our traditional shellfish harvesting areas," said Arnold Clifton, Gitga'at chief councillor.
Maritime spill deepens opposition to oil tankers bunkerworld (subscription) - 16 hours ago In Canada, the leadership of the Gitga'at Nation held an emergency meeting on Thursday afternoon to discuss what they consider to be "a failure of the federal government to respond appropriately to an unfolding maritime oil spill in the Great Bear...
BC Coast Oil Spill Points Up Enbridge Pipeline Danger Environment News Service - 17 hours ago HARTLEY BAY, British Columbia, Canada, May 3, 2012 (ENS) - The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay has reported an oil spill between two and five miles long in the Grenville Channel, not far from the tanker route for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway...
Oil slick emerges off BC from long-sunk ship Vancouver Sun, The Province, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald - May 2, 2012 The Gitga'at First Nation say previous pleas to deal with the wreck were ignored. "We could be looking at serious environmental impacts, including threats to our traditional shellfish harvesting areas," said Arnold Clifton, Gitga'at chief councillor.
1946 shipwreck haunts Hartley Bay with oil, bombs Victoria Times Colonist - May 3, 2012 The slick has sent shivers of apprehension through the Gitga'at First Nation of Hartley Bay, who say previous pleas to deal with the wreck were ignored. "We could be looking at serious environmental impacts, including threats to our traditional ...
Old wreck threatens BC's North Coast Castanet.net - May 2, 2012 The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay announced Tuesday that a commercial pilot has reported a fuel slick about 60 metres wide and between 3.2 and eight kilometres long in Grenville Channel, south of Prince Rupert. The area is the final resting place of ...