Clean-up crews keep an eye on James Smith post Husky spill
It’s well past the one year mark since the Husky oil spill, but clean-up crews are still on the James Smith Cree Nation searching for the source of a mysterious foam which surfaced on the North Saskatchewan late August 2017.
Through the snow and light winds, roughly 25 officials from Husky, the Cree Nation, and different levels of government strapped on lifejackets and high-visibility vests before embarking down the river bank.
“They’re doing a re-assessment of the shoreline,” Husky representative Mel Duvall said. “If they encounter anything that needs to be cleaned up they will do so, but essentially they’re just going over the shorelines.”
Two dogs, which are trained to smell chemical compounds in Husky’s oil accompanied the clean-up crews. If the dogs smell oil, their handlers will mark the location with a GPS unit attached to their collars, then use a flag to leave a visual marker.