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Trans Mountain pipeline temporarily shut down for suspicious package investigation

Last Updated Apr 9, 2022 at 11:03 am MDT

Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta. on Tuesday June 18, 2019. New mines, power plants, pipelines and railways in Canada will have to include a plan to hit net zero emissions by 2050 if they have any hope of getting approved. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

The Trans Mountain Pipeline has been restarted without incident after having been temporarily shut down for several hours Friday after a suspicious package was found along the line’s right-of-way near Edmonton.

In a statement, the company says it made the call to shut it down voluntarily as a precautionary measure.

RCMP said in a release Friday night the package was not an explosive device.

Alberta RCMP continues to investigate.

—With files from Craig LesterĀ