The Financial Post reports in its Tuesday, Jan. 24, edition that a pipeline has leaked about 200,000 litres of crude oil onto agricultural land in southeastern Saskatchewan. A Canadian Press dispatch to the Post reports that government spokesman Kathy Young says the spill site, 10 kilometres north of Stoughton, is in a low-lying area with a frozen slough. She says about 170,000 litres of the spill have been recovered and the oil has not entered any creeks or streams. Ms. Young says environmental consultants are at the site, and say air quality and wildlife have not been affected. She says the Environment Ministry was informed on Friday night when the spill was detected. Pipeline owner Tundra Energy Marketing is handling the cleanup. Ms. Young said in a statement: "The actual source of the leak will not be known until the site is excavated and the breach location is confirmed. Cleanup work began Saturday and included the removal of surface oil with vacuum trucks and efforts to identify the source of the rupture." Excavation of the affected line is to take place Wednesday. Last July, a leak in a Husky Energy pipeline near Maidstone, Sask., jeopardized the drinking water of thousands of people.