Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says chemically treated water that leaked from the central heating plant at Matsqui prison complex in Abbotsford poses no danger to nearby farms or the public.
In an email to The Abbotsford News on Tuesday (April 16), CSC spokesperson Lucinda Fraser said “multiple tests for contamination and environmental risks by environmental experts” have taken place between 2004 and 2022.
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