It seems that the barge is where it is for the foreseeable future; that is exposed to the seas that Labrador offer up close to environmentally sensitive areas of a pristine part of the country.
While coast guard officials have flown over the area regularly, and company officials have visited the site, there is no hard reports that actually say what has been done in the containment area, what could be done if weather permits, will there be an inquiry to determine why/how this happened?
I can’t help but wonder what the reaction from all sectors would be if a similar incident happened on the coast close to Grosse Morn, or Cape Spear. I suspect the MSM would be all over it like a rat up a drain pipe. That would lead to all and sundry, particularly politicians, asking questions and pressuring some action, at least looking for answers. What we get up here is the usual silence; no one knows what is being done behind the scenes, if anything at all.
CBC did keep on top of the story for awhile but has dropped it now; maybe lack of new information is the reason. Other media did not cover it at all or only paid a cursory interest, out of sight out of mind. The Telegram had nothing on it that I noticed, at least in the on line addition. The Telegram is to Labrador what The National Post is to St.John’s.
The Labradorian has, to me, the best coverage to date, more information there than any other place to date.
Hopefully some information will be forthcoming in the next couple of days, maybe wishful thinking as the winds up this way are quite strong again, up to 80 clicks last night.
There was a big drug bust [relatively speaking] in Happy valley-Goose Bay this week. Eight Kilos of cannabis was taken in a raid on a local house, two individuals were taken into custody, they will be charged and released today.
This is the largest bust of cannabis in Labrador; a smaller amount of seven K was taken a couple of months ago.
An RCMP spokesperson said that some of the drugs were destined for the North Coast, he added that busts will put a dent in the supply of cannabis for a short time, surveillance will continue.
Took these pictures at the dock this morning, very cloudy and windy. Siutik almost slipped her slip collar while I was busy looking taking in the dock scene.The kaliutik is owned and operated locally, to my knowledge it was not involved with the barge sinking.
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on the barge story.
we have a saying here,"out of sight,out of mind." that about sums it up. as you said,if it was close to gros morne or cape spear things would be different. you would see the few environmentalists here putting pressure on someone to do something about it.
Thank you TM, you are correct, and I was remiss, in not mentioning the important role the few outspoken environmentalists play in protecting or addressing issues that affect the eco system.
Up this way people tend to rely on elected officials whose roles and what they stand for some times become cloudy.
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