A mission is under way to recover a fuel truck holding 17,000 litres of diesel oil that rolled off a barge and sank off Vancouver Island last week.

Can it be raised? Zak Vescera reports.

Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.

Published Thursday, April 27, 2023. 

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/27/Time-Bomb-BC-Waters/

A mission is under way to recover a fuel truck holding 17,000 litres of diesel oil that rolled off a barge and sank off Vancouver Island last week. Can it be raised? Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, April 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/27/Time-Bomb-BC-Waters/

A Time Bomb under BC Coastal Waters

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