The
Trade and Convention Centre has been turned a command post as hundreds
respond to a simulated oil spill in the Bay of Fundy.
The
Canadian Coastguard, the U.S. Coastguard and Shell oil are conducting a
three-day pollution-response exercise. The scenario is that an oil
tanker and a boat have collided outside the harbour.
Joe
LeClair of the nation's Coastguard tells CHSJ News they're conducting it
here because Saint John is one of the major oil terminals for the
country and they like to exercise where there's the highest level of
risk.