Oil Spills

• Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing springer spaniel and a scientific trailblazer

  In a first-of-its-kind study, Poppy was able to do something with ease that's proven far more challenging for humans and their machines.

  Features

  Jan 24, 2025
  
• Motor oil spills in St. Lawrence River under investigation by Montreal police

  Oil slicks were discovered off the Pointe-aux-Trembles district, and the City of Montreal says both spills came from a single discharge of motor oil into the storm sewer system.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2024
  
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• Keystone pipeline leaks more than 1.4M litres of oil in North Dakota

  North Dakota regulators say the Keystone pipeline leaked more than 9,000 barrels of oil in the northeastern part of the state.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019
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• Cover-ups, lies ‘a systemic cancer’ in world of oilpatch health and safety breaches: whistleblowers

  The words may not have been explicit, but oilpatch contractor Matthew Linnitt says he read between the lines: lie on official documents about an incident that could have killed him, or someone would be fired.

  Investigations

  Aug 20, 2019
• Study finds Canadians concerned about shipping petroleum by water

  However, in Alberta and Atlantic Canada, more than 60 per cent of survey respondents would support an increase in oil tanker traffic around B.C.'s South Coast.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2018
• B.C. Liberals warn blocking Trans Mountain twinning could increase oil by rail

  The official Opposition is warning that one of the unintended consequences of stopping the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would be an increase in the shipment of bitumen by rail.

  Politics

  Apr 10, 2018
• Fungus could clean up oil spills, oilsands tailings: researchers

  Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a fungus which could clean up oil spills and restore oilsands tailings.

  Science

  Oct 24, 2017
• Journey Energy estimates pipeline near Winfield, Alta. leaked 8,000 litres of oil

  More than five weeks after a Journey Energy pipeline leaked near Winfield, Alta., the company is continuing to monitor the impact on wildlife while the Alberta Energy Regulator says cleanup efforts are ongoing.

  Environment

  Aug 5, 2017
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• Researcher says Alberta underestimating the impact of oil spills

  A researcher is questioning how well Alberta's oil spills are tracked and how well they're cleaned up.

  Environment

  Feb 2, 2017
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• Apache pleads guilty to pipeline violations after multiple spills

  Apache Canada Ltd. has pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to properly operate its pipelines after multiples spills on its network.

  Crime

  Oct 4, 2016