They don't want the number
of oil tankers in the Burrard inlet to go up sevenfold and they are
backing the legal challenges coming from three
of the B.C. coastal nations.
He sent me a link to an article he wrote for the then fledgling BBC News website
back in 1999, a few years after the
oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground on the coast
of Wales, spilling more than 72,000 tonnes
of crude along a coastline that's a favourite for ramblers and nature enthusiasts, not to mention the fishing grounds.