Residents report unusual conditions on Mackenzie River following Imperial Oil spill in Norman Wells, N.W.T.
Some residents of Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., say they've spotted surface contaminants on the Mackenzie River after Imperial Oil reported a spill last week from a produced water line at its Norman Wells, N.W.T., operation. "We're all concerned since I know I saw something in the water," said Jim Tobac, a resident of Fort Good Hope. "And somebody went by it with a boat and it looked like oil or something." Fort Good Hope is located downstream from Norman Wells. Tobac said that when the community heard that there was potentially a spill in the Mackenzie River, people started pulling their fishing nets from the water. Additionally, he said it's alarming for the community because their drinking water is from the river.