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Sept-Îles oil spill spreads as crews race against clock – Environment Quebec estimates 5 kilometres of coastline coated by slick

A week after a major oil spill in Sept-Îles, Que., crews are still scrambling to clean up kilometres of slick that have spread across the bay. About 450,000 litres of bunker oil — often used to power ships — spilled from a shipping operation owned by Cliffs Natural Resources overnight on Aug. 31. more@cbcnews  10:52

Historic B.C. fishing boat Nishga Girl, to stay in national museum

A historic B.C. fishing boat will have a place in the future Canadian Museum of History after all.

The Nishga Girl, a traditional wooden gillnetter, had been taken down and put in a warehouse storage facility as the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que. transitions into the Canadian Museum of History.

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