Close X
Sunday, December 1, 2024
ADVT 
National

Newfoundland And Labrador Seeks Help As Oil Leaks Into Marine Ecosystem

The Canadian Press, 21 Jul, 2016 12:05 PM
    ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's environment minister says he's seeking expert advice to deal with a long-seeping oil leak in western Newfoundland.
     
    Perry Trimper says officials have recently documented minimal seeping along with the odour of oil at the abandoned drill site on Shoal Point in Port au Port Bay.
     
    Despite efforts last fall to cap the well pipes in an area known for fishing and tourism, Trimper says amounts seeping in May were "one drop at a time."
     
    But the Port au Port Bay Fishery Committee says it has photographed significant sheens from a leak that has been intermittent for about three years.
     
    Member Bob Diamond says there should be more monitoring and remediation of at least 12 abandoned sites that could date back to the 1800s.
     
    There have been natural leaks from oil deposits in the region, but Diamond says this is a "man-made" issue that may help explain the recent collapse of scallop stocks.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Halifax Taxi Industry In Crisis Over Sex Assault Allegations: Cabbies' Group

    The recent spate of alleged assaults has raised safety concerns in a city where there were just three alleged sexual assaults by cab drivers in all of 2015.

    Halifax Taxi Industry In Crisis Over Sex Assault Allegations: Cabbies' Group

    Applications Soon To Be Accepted For PM's New Youth Advisory Council

    Applications Soon To Be Accepted For PM's New Youth Advisory Council
    The application form will be launched on July 22 and anyone between 16 and 24 years of age can apply until Aug. 12.

    Applications Soon To Be Accepted For PM's New Youth Advisory Council

    Woman Caught In Lake Erie Rip Current Rescued By Kite Boarder

    Woman Caught In Lake Erie Rip Current Rescued By Kite Boarder
    WAINFLEET, Ont. — A 40-year-old Toronto man used his kite board Monday afternoon to help rescue a New York state woman from a rip current in Lake Erie.

    Woman Caught In Lake Erie Rip Current Rescued By Kite Boarder

    Canada Child Benefit: Everything You Need To Know

    Canada Child Benefit: Everything You Need To Know
    The federal government's new child benefit that rolls out this week is expected to lift almost 300,000 children out of poverty by 2017.

    Canada Child Benefit: Everything You Need To Know

    Dynamic U.S. Presidential Election Fuelling Novelty Bets In B.C., Manitoba

    Dynamic U.S. Presidential Election Fuelling Novelty Bets In B.C., Manitoba
    The B.C. Lottery Corp. is taking online novelty bets on the American election, and spokesman Doug Cheng says there has been rapid growth in wagers since presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's campaign began to gain momentum.

    Dynamic U.S. Presidential Election Fuelling Novelty Bets In B.C., Manitoba

    American Skier Lauds New Technique At Vancouver Hospital For Brain Recovery

    American Skier Lauds New Technique At Vancouver Hospital For Brain Recovery
    VANCOUVER — A competitive skier from Utah is crediting a new technique at Vancouver General Hospital for a swift recovery from a brain injury she suffered in Whistler, B.C.

    American Skier Lauds New Technique At Vancouver Hospital For Brain Recovery