Canada: Nothern Gateway Pipeline Not Popular Among B.C. Coastal Businesses

Edmonton Journal: As far as business groups go, the Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce isn’t the biggest or most powerful organization in British Columbia, but its members are still taking a very vocal and public stand against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Their motive is simple: past experience. In late December 1988, fuel from an 850,000 litre spill in Grays Harbour, Wash., made its way north to the west coast of Vancouver Island, fouling local beaches, killing thousands of seabirds and closing commercial......

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