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City of Prince Albert, Sask. seeks financial remuneration from Husky Energy following oil spill
August 11, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe City of Prince Albert, Sask. has begun its claims process seeking financial remuneration from Husky Energy following a lengthy oil spill that the city says has cost it millions of dollars. The city is seeking compensation on a wide…
Pipeline ‘anomalies’ detected night before leak into North Saskatchewan River
July 27, 2016 The Canadian PressMELFORT, Sask. – Husky Energy knew something might be wrong with one of its oil pipelines about 14 hours before it told the Saskatchewan government of a leak which has since forced communities along the North Saskatchewan River to seek…
Prince Albert, Sask. shuts off water intake following oil spill
July 25, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Saskatchewan city of Prince Albert has become the second city to enact water conservation protocols following an oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River, following on the heels of North Battleford. The City of Prince Albert said in a…
Oil spill fears remain one year after bunker fuel fouled Vancouver beaches
April 8, 2016 Laura Kane - THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – When the MV Marathassa leaked at least 2,700 litres of bunker fuel into Vancouver’s harbour one year ago, the effects of the spill reached far beyond the city’s picturesque waters and beaches. Delays in clean-up and notification of…
U.S. judge OKs $20B settlement from 2010 BP oil spill
April 5, 2016 Kevin McGill - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW ORLEANS – A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore spill in…