Police Confirm 5th Pipeline Bombing

RCMP have now confirmed the rupture of a natural gas pipeline near Pouce Coupe was in fact connected to criminal activity. RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team report now say preliminary examinations of the natural gas leak was caused by an explosion. EnCana is continuing to work on stabilizing and sealing the well head at the site today. Crews will need to stablilize the area before a forensic and post blast examination can be safely conducted. Police says there no danger to the public as a result of the gas leak, and a wide area of containment and security in place. This blast is the fifth in a series of criminally motivated acts that have occurred at EnCana sites in North Eastern British Columbia spanning 2008 and into 2009. If anyone one has any information in regards to this latest incident or the previous, that may be an interest to investigators, we ask them to please contact the dedicated tip line at 1-866-994-7473, your local police services, the Dawson Creek RCMP at 250-784-3700 or Crimestoppers