Calgary Herald
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Jun 11, 2026
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Imperial Oil to pay $120,000 penalty for industrial spill
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Imperial Oil to pay $120,000 penalty for industrial spill
Only $2,000 of Imperial’s penalty is a fine; the other $118,000 will go towards a 'creative' sentencing project, which regulators will determine
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By Steven Wilhelm
Published Jun 11, 2026
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A tailings pond at Imperial Oil's Kearl Lake oilsands operation north of Fort McMurray on Feb. 25, 2023. Image by Nicholas Vardy for Athabasca Chipewy…
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