The statement said the pipeline was closed “with great care”. RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkov said police sent an explosives unit from Edmonton to the scene. Savinkoff said the RCMP received a call at about 1pm local time from Trans Mountain security, which had discovered a “duffel bag” along the right-of-way route in an area around Wabamun, Alta, about 70 miles west of Edmonton. Savinkoff said he could not give details of the contents of the bag, but there was no current threat to the public. “We have officers who have restricted the area. It is not a public place,” he said. Trans Mountain said in a statement that the pipeline would remain closed until the police investigation was completed. “All competent authorities have been informed,” the statement said. Keean Nembhard, a spokesman for Natural Resources Secretary Jonathan Wilkinson, said in a statement that the office was “aware of reports of the situation and is actively monitoring it.”
