Years after oil spills, money still owed to Vancouver, aquarium and Heiltsuk Nation[
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The City of Vancouver and Vancouver Aquarium are collectively waiting on nearly $700,000 in losses related to a 2015 leak of bunker fuel, while the Heiltsuk Nation continues negotiating over $200,000 in repayments for its response to a tugboat that ran aground in 2016.
'Polluter pay' laws have yet to pay up for city, aquarium and Central Coast nation
The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 20, 2018 1:48 PM PT | Last Updated: April 20, 2018
PHOTO: Thousands of litres of diesel spilled from the sunken Nathan E. Stewart off B.C.'s Central Coast in October 2016. (Heiltsuk Nation)
Despite "polluter pay" laws in Canada, local governments and agencies are still waiting to recover costs incurred during two significant fuel spills off B.C.'s coast.
The City of Vancouver and Vancouver Aquarium are collectively waiting on nearly $700,000 in losses related to a 2015 leak of bunker fuel, while the Heiltsuk Nation in Bella Bella, B.C., continues negotiating over $200,000 in repayments for its response to a tugboat that ran aground in 2016.
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