Oil Spill

• Nova Scotia Power fined $175K over 2018 Tufts Cove oil spill

  Nova Scotia Power has been fined $175,000 and will be added to the Environmental Offenders Registry over a 2018 spill that leaked 24,000 litres of oil into the Halifax Harbour.

  Environment

  Jun 22
  
• U.S. Coast Guard assisting after oil spill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

  According to the U.S. Coast Guard, 5,300-gallons of oil was spilled into the St. Marys side of Sugar Island.

  Environment

  Jun 10
  
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• Investigation into CN train derailment in Manitoba finds repair error played a role

  The Transportation Safety Board says in a report that maintenance crews repaired part of the track after finding a broken joint bar but replaced it with the wrong piece.

  Canada

  Apr 29
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• Cleanup underway after oil from Hydro One transmission station leaked into Don River

  'We immediately dispatched our environmental emergency response team and cleanup efforts are underway,' Hydro One said after oil leaked into the Don River.

  Environment

  Feb 20
• Crews respond to oil spill at northeast Edmonton garage

  Approximately 1,000 litres of used oil was released in a garage parking lot near 50 Street NW and 165 Avenue NW just after noon on Wednesday.

  Environment

  Oct 27, 2021
• California oil spill: Cause of pipeline leak remains a mystery

  Investigators continued to hunt for the cause of the break that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off the famed surf breaks of Huntington Beach.

  Environment

  Oct 8, 2021
• Mayor calls 3,000 barrel California oil spill ‘environmental catastrophe’

  The breach of an oil rig pipeline left dead fish and birds strewn on the sand and offshore wetlands clogged with oil.

  Environment

  Oct 3, 2021
• U.S. probing nearly 350 reports of oil spills in Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida

  The Coast Guard has been conducting flyovers off the coast of Louisiana looking for spills and is providing information to authorities responsible for cleaning the sites.

  Environment

  Sep 6, 2021
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• Agencies investigating reports of oil, chemical spills resulting from Hurricane Ida

  The Associated Press first reported the possible spills Wednesday after reviewing aerial images of the disaster zone taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

  World

  Sep 3, 2021
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• Tar spill closes Highway 3 east of Osoyoos

  "It's all shut down, the whole highway is full of tar."

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2021