Police say the two most recent bombings targeting EnCana's northeastern B.C. pipeline network have finally prompted some tips.
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says the public has called in more than a dozen potential leads after police renewed their appeal for help following Saturday's bomb blast -- the second in three days.
A bomb damaged an EnCana natural gas wellhead on Wednesday, and while crews were capping that leak, an explosion Saturday less than a kilometre down the pipeline caused a small sour-gas leak.
There have been six bombings in all since October, which have been linked to a letter sent to EnCana and the media demanding an end to oil and gas operations in the area.
Moskaluk says now there seems to be a growing consensus to help investigators from the Mounties' Integrated National Security Enforcement Team find the suspect.
Officials are now calling the bombings a case of "domestic terrorism," likely committed by a local resident with a grudge against EnCana.
Mounties say upgrading the terminology from "vandalism" to "terrorism" simply reflects the growing threat emerging after the six attacks since last October.
Mike Bernier, the mayor of Dawson Creek, says the attacks have hit quite close to home.
"To have this happen it's not only an attack on EnCana and the company, but on the community, all the citizens and all the people who work in the industry to feed their families."
Irwin Cohen, a criminologist with the University of the Fraser Valley, says the bomber is "sending a message" but likely isn't setting out to injure anyone.
"It's to get noticed, it's to cause some pain in the sense of trying to cause some financial pain to the company, slowing down their production, but it really is about communicating a message."
With reports from The Canadian Press and CTV British Columbia's Stephen Smart
