A Campbell River man is being sued for over $8,500 in federal court after he says the Canadian Coast Guard destroyed his boat without his knowledge. Tom Puglas, 76, of the Mamalilikulla First . . .
Unable to find the parts he needed, he drove more than 3 1/2 hours to Nanaimo. “I brought my parts down to work on my engine and the boat just wasn’t there,” said Puglas from his home in Campbell River. According to federal court documents, the Canadian Coast Guard was called in on Aug. 22, 2017, after reports Puglas’s vessel was sinking and discharging oil. The documents claim the Coast Guard contacted Puglas, who said he would remove the vessel from the water and make any necessary repair. Puglas denies that ever happened. “They didn’t phone me or anything,” he said. “I checked it maybe once or twice every week or two. The last time I tried to check, it wasn’t there.”
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Ship-based oil spill compensation reform needed for Indigenous communities
Ship-based oil spill compensation reform needed for Indigenous communities
Victoria, British Columbia, Jan. 14, 2021 Indigenous communities face many barriers to receiving compensation for oil spills from ships in their territories in fact, only one relatively small claim has
ever been paid directly to an Indigenous group according to a new WWF-Canada-commissioned report.
When an oil spill from a ship occurs, any person, organization, company, community or government can file a claim against the Ship-Source Oil Pollution Fund (SOPF) to mitigate or clean up the spill. Claimants can also seek compensation for property damages or losses to fishing, tourism and other sectors, as well as subsistence harvesting. While spills have occurred near Indigenous communities in the past, the burden of evidence to prove a subsistence claim may be very difficult to meet because of complexities with valuing n
“The size, spread and direction of the spill has been very consistent to date at 30 to 50 litres,” Westnedge said.
In early January 1968, the 483-foot cargo ship, MV Schiedyk, sank off Bligh Island in Nootka Sound after hitting an underwater shelf. All crew escaped and the captain stayed on board the Holland America Line ship until about 10 minutes before it sank, a Daily Colonist newspaper article from that time stated.
Oil leaked during the sinking, and it has been coming to the surface again in recent days. A boom was put on the water to collect fuel as government officials try to understand what is happening.