A COVID-19 scare at an oilsands staff lodge north of Fort McMurray, Alta., last week tested the pandemic preparedness of one of the many businesses that house, feed and transport workers at resource extraction sites.
Civeo Corp., which runs the Borealis Lodge by Suncor Energy’s base mine, said Friday that a worker staying there was taken to hospital with novel-coronavirus-like symptoms.
On Tuesday, it said the test was negative. Ian Robb, Canadian director of the hospitality industry union Unite Here, said Civeo and other work-camp operators are taking the pandemic threat seriously. “I have to commend the Civeo protocols.