Disabled Russian Ship Secured, Post-Mortem On BC Ocean Emergency Begins

"A disabled Russian cargo ship was en route to port in British Columbia for repairs and the rescue operation was declared officially over Sunday. Now the debate begins.

In the end, the Simushir was secured but with a battle already brewing over oil tanker safety off the West Coast, the incident raised questions about the response to the vessel drifting since Thursday near the coast of the Haida Gwaii archipelago, a marine sanctuary off the North Coast.

"It was luck," Peter Lantin, president of the Haida Nation, said Sunday of the crisis averted."

Dene Moore reports for the Waterloo Region Record October 19, 2014.

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