Dawson Creek - A letter has been received today by a Dawson Creek business concerning the pipeline bombings. This letter is very concerning to investigators and it will be made public during a news conference with Sgt. Tim Shields in Dawson Creek at 1:00 PM tomorrow. Exact location to be posted on this website Thursday morning.
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Dawson Creek newspaper has received a second threatening letter in connection to bombing attacks that have targeted natural gas pipelines and wells in northeastern British Columbia. “We received a second letter this morning and we handed it over to the police,” Dawson Creek Daily News publisher Dan Przybylski said Wednesday. Mr. Przybylski would not describe the contents of the letter, saying only that it came through regular mail delivery and arrived mid-morning Wednesday. Last October, the newspaper received a handwritten letter that warned EnCana Corp. and “all other oil and gas interests” in the Tomslake area to close operations and leave the area by October 11. Tomslake is about 30 kilometres southeast of Dawson Creek and close to the Alberta-British Columbia border.
On October 12, a hunter came across a six-foot crater on a natural gas pipeline east of Dawson Creek that hadn't been there the day before and that investigators determined was the site of a bomb blast. Since then, there have been five other attacks, all targeting EnCana infrastructure and the most recent occurring on July 4 near Pouce Coupe. No one has been injured by the blasts, but the attacks have rattled residents and raised worries about the potential release of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, which is contained in sour gas and can be lethal. Despite a $500,000 reward offered by EnCana and an extensive RCMP investigation, there have been no arrests in the case. Recently, some area residents have complained about aggressive, repeated questioning by the RCMP in connection with the investigation. Last October's threatening letter was also sent to the Chetwynd Coffee Talk Express. But owner Ramona Davidson said the paper, as of Wednesday, had not received the second letter.
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