SCHIEDAM, The Netherlands, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Mammoet Salvage recently recovered a fuel truck loaded with diesel and a cabinet containing lube oil from Robson Bight near Vancouver Island in Canada.

VANCOUVER (CP) - Officials say there's no evidence a barge accident that spilled thousands of litres of diesel fuel near a protected killer whale habitat has caused any damage or harmed the orcas.

VICTORIA (CP) - Cleanup efforts are underway to collect as much diesel oil and gasoline as possible from a slick that has spread about 14 kilometres near Robson Bight on northeast Vancouver Island.

By SCOTT SUTHERLAND VICTORIA (CP) - At least 50 killer whales have already swam through an oil slick that has fouled the waters near Robson Bight where orcas come to rub themselves on the pebbly beach, prompting marine experts to worry about their short-and long-term health.

ALERT BAY, B.C. (CP) - About 50 killer whales have swum through a diesel slick created when a barge overturned near Vancouver Island's famed orca rubbing beaches, a whale researcher said Tuesday.