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Oil spill off Newfoundland shore can’t be cleaned up

JOHN’S, N.L. It’s now impossible to clean up Newfoundland’s largest-ever oil spill that leaked into the ocean last week, according to the regulatory board that oversees the province’s offshore activities. The 250,000-litre spill happened on Friday morning while Husky Energy’s SeaRose platform was preparing to restart production during a fierce storm that was, at the […]

By Greg Meckbach | November 22, 2018

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Why this simple collision claim needed multiple forensic reports

A motorist who was successfully sued for rear-ending a vehicle on an icy road has to reimburse the plaintiff $23,000 for forensic engineering reports. Margaret Ozimkowski was driving home from work Jan. 23, 2012 after dusk in freezing rain. She was on a hilly road in the community of Almonte, west of Ottawa. She was at […]

By Greg Meckbach | November 21, 2018

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Cars submerged in flooded Montreal tunnel

MONTREAL – A broken water pipe has flooded a tunnel on a major Montreal artery, submerging three cars. The west-end Atwater tunnel connecting downtown and neighbourhoods to the southwest flooded Tuesday morning after utility workers accidentally punctured the pipe. It filled with several feet of gushing water, which reached the roofs of vehicles belonging to […]

By Greg Meckbach | November 21, 2018

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Limo service sued over collision that killed 20

ALBANY, N.Y. – The operators of a limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York were grossly negligent in putting the “dangerous and defective” vehicle on the road, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by one of the victim’s parents. Amanda Rivenburg, 29, was among 18 people in the limousine that barrelled […]

By Greg Meckbach | November 20, 2018

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