Federal and Alberta governments to study oilsands tailings leak communication
The seepage was discovered in May, but neither politician was told about it until nine months later.
Area First Nations were also not updated after initial notification of discoloured water being found on the site, about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alta.Alberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after Kearl oilsands tailings spillSavage says in a news release that her department has sent officials to the site to conduct independent water sampling, in addition to monitoring already in place.
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