Tag: oil spill

AER lets Nexen restart some Long Lake pipelines

News Erica Fisher - September 8, 2015

Nexen Energy has been allowed to reopen some of the pipelines ordered closed after a major spill in July....

Pipeline leak northwest of High Level

News Erica Fisher - August 20, 2015

Roughly 100-thousand litres of oil emulsion has spilled from a pipeline 100 kilometres northwest of High Level. In a statement,...

UPDATE: Automated system didn’t detect Nexen pipeline leak

News Erica Fisher - July 17, 2015

UPDATE: The Alberta Energy Regulator has issued an Environmental Protection Order to Nexen. They've been directed to contain the...

31,000 barrels of emulsion spilled from pipeline near Fort McMurray

News Erica Fisher - July 16, 2015

Five million litres of oilsands emulsion has been released from a Nexen pipeline near Fort McMurray, the equivalent of...

CNRL fined for 2010 spill into creek near Spirit River

News Erica Fisher - March 18, 2015

Canadian Natural Resources Limited has plead guilty to a charge for releasing oil into a Spirit River-area creek that...

Oil spill near Slave Lake

News Erica Fisher - April 3, 2014

Cleanup is underway after an oil spill near Slave Lake earlier this week. The leak happened on a Canadian Natural...

Oil spill near Peace River

News Erica Fisher - March 6, 2014

Cleanup is underway on an oil spill in the Alberta Peace. Fourteen cubic metres of crude oil was released at...

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22-year-old charged with alleged hit and run

Crime June 30, 2025

One person is facing charges in connection to a pedestrian hit and run over the weekend.

City looking for municipal election staff

Elections June 30, 2025

The City of Grande Prairie is looking for help at voting stations for the municipal election on October 20th.

UPDATE: Evacuation alert lifted for County residents near BC border

Fire June 30, 2025

The County of Grande Prairie has issued an evacuation alert for everyone located north of Township Road 714 to Township Road 734, east of the British Columbia/Alberta border to Range Road 131 due to a wildfire near the BC border.

Police seize 4 kilograms of meth following Clairmont traffic stop

Crime June 27, 2025

A traffic stop in Clairmont led Rural Grande Prairie RCMP to a significant drug seizure.

Handgun, drugs seized during Grande Prairie traffic stop

Crime June 27, 2025

A 33-year-old Grande Prairie man is facing several charges after police allegedly seized a loaded handgun, drugs and unstamped tobacco from a vehicle in the city earlier this month.

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