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St. Lawrence River: 334 spills in 10 years

January 19, 2015

The 28,000 litres of diesel that spewed into the St. Lawrence River last week — and led to a municipal drinking water advisory in Longueuil, Que. — is just the latest in a long list of oil spills into the river.

There were 334 spills involving ships in the St. Lawrence River between…Read more