Greg Podulsky, 29, and Darcy Schwindt, 47, were killed in an explosion at the Marten Hills Institution northeast of Slave Lake, about 150 miles north of Edmonton.

The incident is being investigated by the provincial labor protection commission.

Charlene Nahamko, meanwhile, feels like she’s floating in the air since the death of her son Greg Podulsky. I cannot express the emptiness this change causesShe explains. It is difficult for everyone and repeats itself every day, like Groundhog Day.

She recalls her son’s immense talent for the arts, including drawing, painting and music. He had become a welder after graduating from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT).

To him, everyone was good friendsShe says. If someone needed him, the time of day or the place no longer mattered. He was there.

A great brother

The emptiness that Charlene Nahamko feels is also the emptiness that hits Ivan Schwindt when he thinks about his brother Darcy.

Darcy was a wonderful brother and a great person […] with a lot of humorhe remembers.

His wife Dallas says the family is still trying to get over the news. Ivan and I were watching a hockey game when we got the call about the accident that killed Darcy.She says.

However, the most difficult thing was telling her two daughters that their uncle had died. Darcy showed the best of himself in the role of the uncle‘ she emphasizes.

time for an investigation

Charlene Nahamko wants to put an end to speculation about the causes of the incident by commemorating her son. It’s easy to point the finger and get carried away, but that wasn’t the type [de réaction] by Greg, so we won’t do itshe pounds.

That’s what we pray [les leçons tirées de] This tragedy helps prevent others in the future so that no other family suffers such painFor his part, hopes Dallas Schwindt.

Work at the facility where the incident occurred is still on hold and Tamarack Valley Energy does not know when it will be able to resume.

With information from Mrinali Anchan, Madeleine Cummings and The Canadian Press