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A court decision has shed light on the use of a drone in the ongoing battle between neighbours and a shipbreaking operation in Union Bay .
Recent drone footage shows workers from Deep Water Recovering cutting apart a ship on the shores of Union Bay, south of Comox.The drone has proven to be valuable to the group.“We were using that drone footage to notify the governments when we thought there was something happening that we thought was against the rules,” said Marilynne Manning with Concerned Citizens of Baynes Sound.The drone has led to a legal battle in B.C. Supreme Court with both sides suing each other over the drone.
In its claim for damages, Deep Water Recovery had characterized Reynolds’ flyovers as harmful and “deserving of rebuke,” but the Justice has ruled those statement over-the-top-rhetoric, calling them troubling. Neighbours are calling it a win as they point to a provincial order one month ago for Deep Water Recovery to stop polluting the environment.
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