The Alberta Premier, Danielle Smith, has said that changes will be made to improve the timely reporting of oilsands spills. The new policies will involve better communication with area First Nations and the Northwest Territories government who have alleged that they were not kept in the loop on the spills from Imperial's Kearl mine tailings ponds. The first wastewater release was spotted and reported last May as discoloured water near a tailings pond at the Kearl site north of Fort McMurray. It was found to be tailings seepage and no further updates were provided to area First Nations until February when it was disclosed to the public and federal and provincial environment ministers along with news of a second release of 5.3 million litres of tailings. Earlier this week, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault repeated his call for a stronger federal presence when it comes to environmental monitoring and communications in the oilsands in light of the Kearl seepages. Guilbeault also repeated his plan

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