Archive for July, 2011
Greg Downs Today staff The only similarity between last year’s and the current training camp for Carson Cooper is the jersey. The third-year forward is in the midst of his second Fort McMurray Oil Barons camp, but one with a very different look and feel.
Tags: fort mcmurray, oilsands
Bangladeshis have arranged their annual picnic in Gregoire Lake, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Tags: action, association, core, first, fort mcmurray, now!, poorna2005, the, update, videos
A 72-year-old man was among several people charged after a drug bust in Fort McMurray.
Tags: a-drug-bust, among-several, drug-bust, oil-sands, oilsands, people-charged
Calgary based journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk delivers a powerful and revealing presentation on what is really going on with the Alberta Tar Sands. In his talk he discusses the back story, the present and the fate of all oil-addicted “Petro-States”. This is Canada’s largest and most environmentally destructive mega-project ever and if we don’t rethink our dependency on this massive and energy wasteful boondoggle, then we will have much more to worry about than just our economy
Tags: activism, c02, change, dirty, info, movie, nonprofits & activism, north, stop, used
Residents of one Canadian town are engaged in a David and Goliath-style battle over the dirtiest oil project ever known. Filmmakers: Niobe Thompson and Tom Radford The small town of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta is facing the consequences of being the first to witness the impact of the Tar Sands project, which may be the tipping point for oil development in Canada
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Residents of one Canadian town are engaged in a David and Goliath-style battle over the dirtiest oil project ever known. Filmmakers: Niobe Thompson and Tom Radford The small town of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta is facing the consequences of being the first to witness the impact of the Tar Sands project, which may be the tipping point for oil development in Canada. The local community has experienced a spike in cancer cases and dire studies have revealed the true consequences of “dirty oil”
Tags: +2011, clear, create-account, dirty, film, oil, press, tar sands, videos, watch, witness, you
DEVON JOHANNESSON Special to Today Fort McMurray Parks Patrol’s Tagapooloza, an event which turned the Casselman Lush skate park into a community art canvas, concluded Sunday.
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