A handful of people skipped the Stanley Cup playoff game Monday to find out how to get involved in the hearings into the Enbridge Gateway pipeline project.

Bruderheim Town Council must decide soon if it will take a stand, and how involved it wants to be, Mayor Karl Hauch said at the information session held in his town.

Those looking for intervenor status, which is the highest level of involvement, must apply to the Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel by July 14.

Those wishing make an oral presentation to the board must apply by Oct. 6, and letters must be submitted by March 13, 2012. The hearings take place starting in January.

The proposed Enbridge pipeline will ship raw bitmen from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. for sale overseas.

The pipeline is to start at a transfer station next to the now defunct BA oilsands upgrader at Scotford, just east of Fort Saskatchewan. From there it heads north across the river, then west, passing just north of Gibbons.

For more information about the project and how to make submissions to the hearings, check out

www.gatewaypanel.review.gc.ca