Feds recorded 53 tanker spills on Canadian coasts: Postmedia

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Feds recorded 53 tanker spills over past decade on Canadian coasts

The Canadian Coast Guard has recorded 53 oil tanker spills that
required a cleanup on the country's shorelines over the past 10 years,
the federal government has revealed in a document tabled in Parliament.

In
total, the government reported 169 "pollution incidents" in Canadian
waters involving oil tankers since 2001. But it said that in the "vast
majority of cases," there were no pollutants found in the water.

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