Youngsters fishing spotted Red Deer River oil spill

Youngsters fishing spotted Red Deer River oil spill

A pair of youngsters fishing on the Red Deer River on the Victoria Day long weekend spotted the worst oil spill seen in decades. Specialized environmental cleanup consultants had to be called in, and they spent more than a week containing and cleaning the spill that happened at a stormwater outflow below Riverside Light Industrial Park, not far from the Lions Campground. City wastewater superintendent Geoff Stewardson said a parent of the boys c…