Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam
Port Moody
Warming shelter at church finally opens
Councillors ask, just how affordable is the city?
Heavy lifting still to come for city’s climate action plan
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Fuel spill slicks PoCo creek, kills beaver CP Rail confirms spill came from its yard DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Port Moody mixed martial arts fighter Alana Cook is hoping to set a good example for Indigenous youth after she recently won her professional debut in Calgary. For the story, see page 17. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Officials are investigating a large diesel fuel spill at the Port Coquitlam rail yard that eventually ended up in a creek next to a park in Port Coquitlam. Investigators from the Ministry of Environment are trying to find out what happened and how the fuel got from a ditch at the CP Rail yard along Lougheed Highway into a creek next to Dominion Park in Fremont Village. But it’s likely the fuel that spilled into a ditch at the CP Rail yard on Feb. 4 eventu-
ally made its way into the creek through storm drains. “We understand that CP Rail have secured an environmental consultant to assess the spill and create a clean-up and mitigation plan,” stated Joshua Frederick, director of engineering and public works in an email to the Tri-City News. “This post-spill assessment will help us to understand the full extent of the spill, including how far along the watercourse the fuel was able to migrate. The city is working with MoE [Ministry of Environment] staff to ensure CP Rail initiates an adequate and timely remediation of infrastructure and habitat.” It appears to have taken SEE
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