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Jul 26, 2016 · A report filed with the provincial government by Husky Energy says that the company discovered the oil leak on the edge of the North Saskatchewan River on Wednesday night, about 14 hours before it ...
Jul 28, 2016 · Crews work to clean up an oil spill on the North Saskatchewan River near Maidstone, Sask. on Friday July 22, 2016. Husky Energy has said between 200,000 and 250,000 litres of crude oil and other ...
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A lawyer for the provincial government blamed the leak on shifting ground near the riverbank that led to increased pressure on the pipeline and an eventual break, and said the slumping riverbank was a rare occurrence in the area. The pipeline's leak detection alarms apparently didn't signal the cause or exact location of the break. The Crown prosec...
Chief Wayne Semaganis of the Little Pine First Nation, which is downstream from the spill, delivered a victim impact statement at Wednesday's hearing. Semaganis said the response to the spill was delayed, which damaged the environment and reserve lands along the river. "The cleanup is inadequate and incomplete," he told the court. The chief went on...
During field studies performed after the spill, a number of oil-covered fish were recovered but were too decomposed for an autopsy to be performed. A Husky Energy assessment said health risks from drinking water from the river were negligible. The federal Attorney General's Office said Husky was co-operative with investigators throughout the incide...
Jun 2, 2020 · While the line did not break and no oil leaked, several falling boulders struck and dented the pipeline. 60 The North Thompson River, however, was directly exposed to traces of crude oil five years later in October 1985 when a hydrostatic test failed and broke the pipeline, spilling 520,000 litres of water and residual crude oil that left a sheen on the surface of the river. 61
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Aug 24, 2016 · A dead crayfish washed up on the shores of the North Saskatchewan River after Husky's pipeline leaked more than 200,000 litres of crude oil and chemicals into the waterway on July 21, 2016. Photo supplied by the James Smith Cree Nation on Tues. Aug. 23, 2016.
Jul 25, 2016 · Husky Energy has said between 200,000 and 250,000 liters of crude oil and other material leaked into the river on Thursday from its pipeline. The water supply for communities in the Canadian ...
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Mar 1, 2017 · Updated 3.1.17, 12:48 PM ESTby Arra Dianne Hifarva. A pipeline owned by Husky Energy Inc. broke, dumping an estimate of 250,000 liters (66,000 gallons) of heavy oil and natural gas into the North ...
