Canada pipeline again targeted in blast

DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Canadian anti-terrorism officials are investigating the third bombing in three weeks of a natural gas pipeline in remote areas of British Columbia.

The latest explosion Friday morning in the isolated Dawson Creek area of northeastern British Columbia appears to have been deliberately set, but didn't pose any danger for area residents or pipeline workers, the Vancouver Sun reported.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police indicated in a release that the latest attack was aimed at the same kind of sour-gas pipeline as the other two blasts on Oct. 12 and 16.

There is considerable local opposition to the expansion of such sour-gas well operations by EnCana Corp., the newspaper said. Sour gas is natural gas tainted with toxic hydrogen sulphide, which many area residents believe pose risks to human and livestock health.