First Nations Guardians are playing a key role in the response to a fuel truck spill just north of Campbell River.
On April 20, a fuel tanker truck loaded with 17,000 litres of diesel fuel rolled off of a barge and sank in 35 metres of water in Chancellor Channel, just off Hardwicke Island. The Ha-ma-yas Guardians, who have been practicing responses to marine disasters for three years, responded quickly.
“I’m immensely proud of all of our Guardians,” says K’ómoks First Nation Chief Ken Price.