Read this Vancouver Sun report on the guilty plea by three companies in a Vancouver court yesterday to causing the 2007 oil spill from KinderMorgan’s Trans-Mountain Pipeline that contaminated a Burnaby neighbourhood and the Burrard Inlet.

“Trans Mountain Pipeline, which owns the pipeline, and two
contractors, B. Cusano Contracting and R.F. Binnie and Associates, each
pleaded guilty to one count of polluting the environment under the
Environmental Management Act. A total of 26 charges were laid
after work on a sewer project ruptured the pipeline in July 2007,
setting off a 12-metre geyser of crude oil that showered 11 nearby
houses and led to the evacuation of 250 residents. The companies are expected to pay a total of more than $500,000 in fines and penalties.” (October 3, 2011)