This news story makes me so angry that we can let this happen! This disaster was inevitable to happen and Stelmach's "full investigation" isn't enough for me. The deeper problem for me is that what do they expect to do about these tailings ponds that grow daily. How long can we continue to stuff the earth with toxic waste?

I missed my whoville bus to the skytrain on my way into Van city and was forced to take the bus that runs along the Barnet highway. I was reading (Harry Potter -- not the new one, I'm only on the fifth book) until the bus slowed and I knew we were at the place, the site where the oil gush occurred. While the roadway was cleared and looking almost normal, the trees closest to the site were entirely black and glistening in the sun. Right behind them were houses that look like they've been cleaned up.

This morning I heard about oil showing up on a beach further along the inlet. It is hard to tell the ultimate effect of this disaster on the area.