EnCana Cleans House On Horn River Pipe Line

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 Ft Nelson BC -   Questions are being raised by local officials in Ft Nelson after 63 workers, 5 foremen were fired and 41 other workers attached to those  foremen left their jobs at the EnCana-Horn River Pipe line project near Ft Nelson.

The large exodus represented about one third of the entire work force at the camp and followed a sweep for  drugs.   The RCMP were not involved in the sweep of the camp and the matter only came to their attention after the fact when some of the dismissed workers complained to the RCMP about how they had been treated.

No charges have been laid as the drugs and alcohol were voluntarily turned over by employees to EnCana’s security personnel.  

Those fired from the project had undertaken to work at a ‘Dry Camp’ and the massive firing took place after EnCana Security personnel, complete with dogs, made a sweep through the project. The pipe line project had been awarded to Mid West Willbros, from Nisku, Alberta.

EnCana had called in their security to search for drugs and alcohol after receiving reports that the workers had not been adhering to the dry camp policy.

The firings at the camp, located about 90 kilometres north east of Ft Nelson, forced the camp to shut down for several days until new employees could be brought into the area.

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