Archive for July, 2011

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Taste of Fort McMurray working to spice up summer

Carol Christian Today staff Epicurean delights for the most discerning palate — well, for all foodies — will be showcased by local eateries in an event celebrating volunteerism.

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"Canadian Oil Sands" – Alba Oil & Gas Community

Alba Oil & Gas Community www.albaoil.com * CBS TV Report Bob Simon reported from Fort MacMurray, Alberta, three years ago this week, where new technologies to remove oil from the land are making Canada a new energy power. Brian Simpson Alba Oil & Gas Community http *

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Lawyer paves the way for First Nation females

CAROL CHRISTIAN Today staff Hardworking. Industrious.

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Firefighters win Celebrity Slowpitch Challenge

GREG DOWNS Today staff The Fort McMurray Firefighters softball team beat the CFL legends for the second straight year during the Celebrity Slowpitch Challenge at MacDonald Island Park Monday.

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Energy Ministers tour Oilsands

Energy ministers from across Canada got a first hand look at Alberta’s oilsands this weekend.

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Reverend Billy leads mass exorcism in Tate Modern Turbine Hall over ‘taint’ of BP sponsorship

American performance group and British artists, activists and art lovers congregate in call for gallery to end its relationship with oil company Monday (18 July) Reverend Billy and the Church of Earthalujah choir joined with art activists, artists, Tate members and concerned members of the public at 17.30 in the Tate Turbine Hall to lay hands on Tate Modern and cast out the demon of BP’s oil sponsorship of the art institution. An exorcism of the evil spirit of BP was performed in a special service in the Turbine Hall of the national gallery of international modern art.

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Air Canada A319 Landing in Fort Mcmurray on Canada Day

Landing in fort mac with a A319 after a 5 hour flight from toronto

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Why are American Special Interest Groups Stopping the Flow of Canadian Oil?

American foundations are secretly funneling money to environmental groups in Canada to stop development of Alberta’s oil sands, says writer/researcher Vivian Krause. Who’s behind the conspiracy?

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Municipal border dispute a ‘tax grab’: Boutilier

Shirley Lin Today staff Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Guy Boutilier is weighing in on the municipal boundary realignment controversy saying it’s nothing more than a “tax grab” by the province.

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Earth First! Dances on Governor’s Table in Tar Sands Protest.

As a culmination of the 2011 Earth First! Round River Rendezvous, climate activists including Rising Tide and Earth First!ers occupied Montana Governor Schweitzer’s office to demand that he revoke support for the Keystone XL Pipeline and the megaload shipments. The pipeline would transport oil from the tar sands to international markets and the megaload shipments would bring equipment, built in Asia, to the tar sands

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Tar Sand Activists Dance on Governor’s Table!

Environmental activists from Northern Rockies Rising Tide, Earth First and other groups descended upon Montana Gov.

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#OperationGreenRights Press Release

CITIZENS GATHER IN MONTANA TO PROTEST TAR SANDS OIL AND SHIPPING OF EQUIPMENT TO CANADIAN REFINERIES, ANONYMOUS JOINS IN! To all free-thinking citizens of the world: Anonymous’ Operation Green Rights calls your attention to an urgent situation in North America perpetuated by the boundless greed of the usual suspects: Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Imperial Oil, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and many others. This week, activists are gathering along US Highway 12 in Montana to protest the transforming a serene wilderness into an industrial shipping route, bringing “megaloads” of refinery equipment to the Alberta Tar Sands in Canada (see Tar Sands FAQ Sheet below). Anonymous now joins the struggle against “Big Oil” in the heartland of the US

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Wolves ousted from playoffs

Greg Downs Today staff The Fort McMurray Wolves Cinderella season came to an end this past weekend in Edmonton.

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Audition video Didi Perry July 8, 2011 aka Dianne Pare Fort McMurray, Alberta

Audition Video for CovermeCanada done last minute in my garage, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Thank you Peter L’Ecuyer for your help.

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