Environment

Truck rolls over near Meadowbank mine, spills estimated 20k litres of fuel

Driver is safe, freshwater not yet contaminated, but too early to say the impact of the spill, Agnico Eagle states

A fuel tanker rolled onto its side on an all-weather road near Meadowbank Mine on Monday afternoon, spilling an estimated 20,000 litres of fuel, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. said in a news release.

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Cold sunset over Puvirnituq

Patrick Gaudreault shares a picture of the sunset on Oct. 23 from his “office” — an Air Inuit de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter plane. Sitting in the co-pilot seat, Gaudreault captured ice forming around the cockpit window from 3,000 metres above Puvirnituq. The temperature that night was -17 C. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Gaudreault)

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