Local spill clean up concluded, monitoring continues
Husky Energy has completed its local area clean-up work following the July 21, 2016, oil spill that affected the North Battleford area, but it is continuing its monitoring efforts.
Husky clean-up project manager Chris Meloche gave a report to City of North Battleford council on Monday with an update of Husky’s monitoring, assessment and clean-up work.
“No further assessment or clean-up is required for the North Battleford area, including Finlayson Island,” he said, while adding monitoring work is still ongoing.
Meloche said crews used teams of oil-sniffing dogs specially trained to detect buried oil traces.