You can be rest assured they will if it is determined that it was the result to inattentive watch keeping. I truly wish we had that image posted previously showing a vessel making a late turn at Boat Bluff and confirmation that the track was of the MALOLO. Somebody thought to post it but said nothing when they did and why it was deleted makes the mystery even greater however in time there will be a Transport Canada report released where we will find out what did cause this to happen.
It also needs to be remembered that although US vessels have a right by treaty to innocent passage of the Inside they remain Canadian waters who have every right to impose whatever regulations they feel are necessary under Port State Control. I believe everyone here would agree that they make nothing from US vessels using their waters so lose nothing by making it so difficult for those vessels to use the Inside as to defacto give us a bum’s rush to the Outside? Not that the trade can’t be done by going the Outside route but operationally it will make it much more difficult with considerable delays during the winter as the tugs and their barges battle the never ceasing crappy weather.
Hopefully however the Canadians don’t paint all US vessel operators with PPA waivers with the same brush and only Dunlap gets tarred this time…not that I want that to happen to them but someone will need to be sanctioned to satisfy the bloody natives and tree huggers.
Whatever happens after this incident will be driven by the big picture of US Canada relations. In short, this incident will just be one of many political levers being pulled by Mark Carney.
I think that was the Vanlene in the early 70s. It had a deck cargo of cars and soon every vehicle on Vancouver Island had new tires, much to the consternation of the customs folks.
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Well considering that relations between the US and Canada are in the toilet right now, don’t expect Ottawa to give a pass on this incident if it even reaches that level?
Hopefully, since there wasn’t any pollution Canada won’t overreact to this but it is too early to know what they will do?
Naw, the one I’m thinking of went aground just west of Port Angeles on their way in, on the US side.
B.C. Coastal First Nations dismiss any pipeline MOU, vow it will ‘never be built’
By Amy Judd Global News
Posted November 26, 2025 1:58 pm
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The debate is intensifying over who has to agree to a potential northern pipeline from Alberta to the northern B.C. coast as the official unveiling of a memorandum of understanding between Alberta and the federal government nears. Aaron McArthur has the latest.
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B.C.’s Coastal First Nations say they will use “every tool in their toolbox” to keep oil tankers out of the northern coastal waters.
This comes as Ottawa is nearing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alberta on energy that could include a potential new oil pipeline. Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to Calgary on Thursday, where he’ll address the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative and elected Chief of the Heiltsuk Nation, said in a statement that they dismiss the upcoming pipeline MOU and vow the North Coast Pipeline will never be built.
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we will never allow oil tankers on our coast, and that this pipeline project will never happen,” Slett said.
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The West Coast Oil Tanker Ban came into effect in 2019 and prohibits tankers from carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil along the northern coast of B.C.
“Throughout this process, we have been met with a wall of silence from the federal government,” Slett said.
“Such conduct is not honourable and is fundamentally at odds with Canada’s constitutional, legislative, and international obligations to coastal First Nations.”
Slett said the tanker ban is not up for negotiation.
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