By THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - About 3,000 workers were sent home from Shell Canada's Scotford upgrader northeast of Edmonton after a fire released hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide.

By Anonymous In early May, Keyera Facilities Income Fund agreed to lease a six- inch, 30-kilometre pipeline running between Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton from Taylor NGL Limited Partnership, and intends to use the pipeline to augment its Fort Saskatchewan pipeline system.

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Dow Chemical Co. said Thursday it plans to close three plants in an effort to trim $160 million in annual structural costs by 2009. The move is expected to eliminate about 750 jobs.

SARNIA, Ont. (CP) - Dow Chemical Canada (NYSE:DOW) said Thursday it is shutting three plants, including two in Canada that will affect the jobs of 550 workers in Sarnia, Ont., and Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.