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Tanker oil spill projection
Report shows impact of an accident in Burrard Inlet JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
In a worst-case scenario, over half of the oil from a major oil spill would reach the shores of Burrard Inlet within hours, then be spread within days from the beaches ofWest Vancouver to the remote reaches of Indian Arm — and everywhere in between. That’s one of the conclusions reached in an oil-spill modelling study conducted for the TsleilWaututh Nation, City of Vancouver and City of Burnaby to examine possible
impacts in the event of an oil spill from a tanker coming from Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Terminal in Burnaby. One of the striking conclusions of the study — which assumes no cleanup efforts are in place — is “how quickly the oil moves to the shoreline and lands there,” said John Konovsky, a natural resources planner and technical advisor to the Tsleil-Waututh on the oil pipeline issue. “Even Indian Arm under certain circumstances is at risk of oiling,” he said, which See Effect page 5
Wrong-way driver gets 8 months in jail MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
A man who drove fiveand-a-half kilometres in oncoming lanes on Highway 1 traffic and collided head-on with a minivan carrying a young family has been sentenced to eight months in jail and a five-year driving prohibition. Craig Ford, 48, stood solemnly as Judge Steven Merrick handed down his decision in North Vancouver provincial court Friday.
Ford, who is from Nanaimo, had pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving causing bodily harm stemming from the March 12, 2014 incident. While high on the drug GHB, Ford recklessly drove the wrong way down the highway in West Vancouver around 7 o’clock in the evening between the Cypress Bowl Road and Capilano Road exits, terrifying at least 22 adults and seven children in separate vehicles, See Toddler page 9
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