Archive for September, 2011
Trevor Howlett Today staff Coming off a big win at the Casman Centre Wednesday night, the Fort McMurray Oil Barons are on the road for a true test — three games in three nights with only a single night off since their previous game.
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British Columbia photographer Garth Lenz takes ICTMN through his Alberta Oil Sands exhibit, Canada’s Tar Sands and the True Cost of Oil, at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn on September 10, 2011. It was part of a three-photographer show, Ten Years After Nine-Eleven: Searching for a 21st-Century Landscape, put on by the online-documentary site SocialDocumentary.net. Garth Lenz: garthlenz.com Powerhouse Arena: www.powerhousearena.com SocialDocumentary.net: socialdocumentary.net
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The oil sands, which would feed the Keystone XL pipeline, have created thousands of jobs in Canada’s Alberta province, and the extraction industry has tripled in size since 1995. Government estimates say the country may double its current output of heavy crude by the end of this decade. But some researchers and residents are concerned Alberta’s economic engine is exacting a heavy environmental toll
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Trevor Howlett Today staff In mid-August, Brody Hoffman was handed a great opportunity. The 20-year-old netminder from Wilkie, Sask. was traded from the Nipawin Hawks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League — where he spent the previous two seasons — to the Fort McMurray Oil Barons.
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Carol Christian Today staff One of the bears frequently visiting the Pebble Beach camp north of Fort McMurray has been trapped and euthanized.
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As thousands of people descend on Washington DC to protest against a proposed pipeline to transport oil from the Canada to US refineries, a campaign to rebrand the Alberta oil sands is creating controversy. Many are alleging the advertising is merely an attempt to exploit Canadians’ reputation to divert attention from how the sands devastate the environment and contribute to global warming. Al Jazeera’s David Mercer has more from Calgary.
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Amanda Richardson Today staff The new no stopping legislations are in effect with the grace period officially over for residents of Fort McMurray.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/xkX1XZWz7d4?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Originally posted here: Northern Lights Fort McMurray Alberta.wmv
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Carol Christian Today staff Contractors are reporting that bears have become an all too frequent visitor to one of the work camps north of Fort McMurray.
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i made this video after a request of tons of people that asks me question about how is it to live in fortmcmurray, drive a truck, live in a camp and enjoy the good life on days off! i hope this will guide and answer lots of your question. when i was trying to make a decision to come to fort mcmurray .
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Amanda Richardson Today staff The United Way of Fort McMurray held its annual kick off party Friday announcing its fundraising goal for the year — $7.5-million. Mayor Melissa Blake was on hand to lend words of encouragement at the kick off.
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This video shows how the oil industry and US Regulators do not know how to clean up a tar sands oil spill. Therefore, they are litterally covering it up!
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