A northern Alberta band chief says he’s angry over not being notified for nine months after two separate releases from an oilsands tailings pond.
Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says a pond on Imperial Oil Ltd.’s Kearl mine was seeping into groundwater and onto the surface for nine months before his community was notified Feb. 6.
At least 5.3 million litres of water containing toxic chemicals have been released and the seepage continues.Trending Now
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