{"id":297404,"date":"2025-11-21T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/297404\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:41:12","slug":"barge-off-b-c-coast-continues-to-take-on-water-as-first-nation-says-this-is-a-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/297404\/","title":{"rendered":"Barge off B.C. coast continues to take on water as First Nation says this is a warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A barge stalled in the waters off the B.C. coast continues to take on water.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762614923_240_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The freight barge had been <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11532183\/loaded-freight-barge-sinking-bella-bella\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">transiting from Alaska to Seattle on Monday afternoon<\/a> and was passing through the Fisher Channel, just east of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bella-bella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Bella<\/a>, when the tug pulling the load reported the incident to the Canadian Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s very unique ecosystems here, you know, hundreds of salmon streams, important habitat, clam beds,\u201d William Housty with the Heiltsuk Nation said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a laundry list of ecological reasons why we are concerned about this response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Housty said the Heiltsuk Nation\u2019s Marine Emergency Response crews have also been on the scene to help with the assessment and a dive team has been in the water to take a look at what is happening underwater.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The priority has been to relocate the barge to a place of refuge, tucking it behind Matthew Island.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, Transport Canada approved the salvage plan to begin removing 25 containers from the starboard side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot really knowing the contents of the containers, we took some preventative measures and put some oil boom around three significant salmon streams that are in the area just in case of a spill or anything like that, but so far, things have held sturdy,\u201d Housty said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Freight barge sinking off Bella Bella'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BELLA_BELLA_SINK_thumbnail_1280x720_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:27<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFreight barge sinking off Bella Bella\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11534956\/ryan-wedding-fbi-indictment\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763725272_341_26d8f09b4b02a274c86874b9d77c492b745417d261075810ae188703d479987a.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t7 Canadians tied to Ryan Wedding arrested and charged. Who are they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11536014\/pipeline-deal-alberta-to-bc-north-coast\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763725272_651_cpt11201317-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPipeline deal from Alberta to B.C. North Coast reportedly in the works, speculation remains\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Coast Guard tells Global News that \u201cdespite damage to the underside of the hull, the situation remains stable. There have been no reports of pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vessel\u2019s owner, Alaska Marine Lines, has additional assets arriving on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, the incident has reignited concerns from the Heiltsuk First Nation, calling for a stronger marine emergency response along B.C.\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeiltsuk doesn\u2019t have the capacity to be responding to even the current situation, let alone an oil tanker,\u201d Housty said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither does any other coastal First Nation, neither does B.C. and neither does Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That warning comes as the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11536014\/pipeline-deal-alberta-to-bc-north-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">considers lifting the moratorium on tanker traffic<\/a> to be able to run a pipeline from Alberta to Northern B.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it\u2019s very concerning, there\u2019s been such an increase in these kinds of incidents\u2026 It\u2019s not a matter of if, it\u2019s a matter of when something like this is going to happen,\u201d Housty said.<\/p>\n<p>The barge will be held overnight and reassessed on Friday before the rest of the salvage plan is finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Science and Tech<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A barge stalled in the waters off the B.C. coast continues to take on water. 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