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Cleanup of oil spill in Saskatchewan cost $107M, Husky Energy says

Husky Energy says efforts to clean up a major oil pipeline spill last year in Saskatchewan have cost $107 million.

Spill leaked about 90K litres of heavy crude and diluent into the North Saskatchewan River last July

Husky Energy says it has spent $107 million cleaning up an oil spill on the North Saskatchewan River near Maidstone, Sask. in July, 2016. (Jason Franson/Canadian Press)

Husky Energy says efforts to clean up a major oil pipeline spill last year in Saskatchewan have cost $107 million.

About 90,000 litres of heavy crude and diluent leaked into the North Saskatchewan River last July, jeopardizing drinking water supplies for thousands of people downstream.

Husky Energy said ground movement was to blame for the pipeline rupture.

The Saskatchewan government is also investigating.