Port officials, environmentalists split on Vancouver's oil spill risk

Vancouver Sun Tuesday 6th July, 2010

VANCOUVER - Is the Metro Vancouver region prepared for the inevitability of a serious oil spill in Burrard Inlet? Does it have the resources to deal with a catastrophe if a tanker goes hard aground in...

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