News and Updates

Okotoks Western Wheel
July 23, 2008
Vol.33 No.51

By Tamara Neely
STAFF REPORTER

Water from the Sheep River meets Canadian drinking water standards, despite orange sludge at the rivers edge.
That was the message Representatives of the Alberta government and its consultants delivered to Turner Valley town council and a packed crowd of residents at the council meeting Monday.

Okotoks Western Wheel
June 25, 2008 Vol. 33 No.47

By Tamara Neely
Staff Reporter

The Turner Valley Gas Plant will be given a $2 million funding injection from the provincial government to proceed into developing the site into a tourist attraction.

Okotoks Western Wheel
July 16, 2008
Vol. 33 No. 50

By Tamara Neely
Staff Reporter

Alberta Environment is investigating unidentified substances that appear to be oozing through a containment wall at the Turner Valley gas plant into the Sheep River.

Okotoks Western Wheel
July 2, 2008 Vol 33 No 43

By Tamara Neely
Staff Reporter

The buildings, the equipment and the earthen flare still burning at the Turner Valley Gas Plant are souvenirs of a period when the facility was a pioneer in the oil and gas industry in Canada.

Okotoks Western Wheel
July 2, 2008 Vol 33 No. 43

By Tamara Neely
Staff Reporter

A new committee has formed to assess a plan to continue on the path of preparing the Turner Valley gas plant as a historic site, however, the province has not yet formally accepted a recommendation to reopen the site as a tourist attraction.

Okotoks Western Wheel
June 25, 2008
Volume 33, No. 47
By Tamara Neely
Staff Reporter

The Turner Valley Gas Plant will be given a $2 million funding injection from the provincial government to proceed into developing the site into a tourist attraction.

Okotoks Western Wheel
By Pamela Roth
Staff reporter
November 29, 2006 Vol. 32 No. 17

Efforts to prevent hydrocarbons at the Turner Valley Gas Plant from leaching into the nearby Sheep River hit a milestone last week with the completion of a concrete containment wall.

Okotoks Western Wheel
November 1, 2006 Vol. 32 No. 13

By Pamela Roth
Staff reporter

Members of the Turner Valley Gas Plant Panel received a clear indication as the extent of the contamination at the historical site at a meeting last Thursday.

Okotoks Western Wheel
September 20, 2006 Vol 31 No 59
By Laurel Nadon
staff reporter

An engineering company is recommending that the Town of Black Diamond begin testing for more substances in its raw and potable water.

Okotoks Western Wheel
July 25, 2006 Vol. 31 No. 51
By Pamela Roth
Staff Reporter

An American oil and gas company has committed to cleaning up at least three abandoned wells in the Turner Valley area.