"When the engines aren't running and the station is offline, we usually hear some sounds of the outdoors, that are otherwise drowned out by the operating noise." Instead, with the engines not running, John and another team member, Garret Paugh, heard a cry for help coming from just outside the station and knew they needed to investigate.

Meter stations are used to measure the volume and composition of natural gas transported through a pipeline.

In many Indigenous cultures, the practice of gift-giving has unique significance. The tradition shows respect to the receiver of the gift, as well as to their family and ancestors.

After extensive testing in the lab, TransCanada is teaming up with Enbridge and the Government of Alberta for a pilot project that will see both companies install a new fiber optic-based monitoring system on short sections of their oil transmission networks to see how the product, developed by a small hi-tech company in Alberta, performs in the field.