Archive for December, 2011

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Gingrich: Nebraskan Opposition To Keystone XL Is ‘Utterly Irrational’

12/15/11: At an Iowa debate, Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich bashed the decision to extend review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

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Westwood opens fitness centre for students, staff

Westwood Community High School is home to a brand new fitness centre made possible through a generous donation from Powermax Contracting Ltd. here in Fort McMurray.

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Alert seizes drugs, firearms

Man arrested in traffic stop One man has been arrested in Fort McMurray and charged with multiple counts of possession related to drugs and firearms after a traffic stop, Sunday.

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Ohioans Slam Boehner over Backroom Keystone XL Tar Sands Deal

Activists bring “Human Oil Spill” to Boehner’s front door in response to his backroom Keystone XL deal and cozy relationship with Big Oil.

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Living in Fort McMurray

Living in Fort McMurray offers support to enhance lives of their residents including crisis agencies, social support and the United Way agency.

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History of Fort McMurray

In 1779, Fort McMurray was discovered by European Explorer Peter Pond and was established as Fort Chipewyan. In 1790, the oil sands were discovered but the first large scale commercial plant was built in 1967.

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Canada withdrawing from Kyoto Protocol, reneges on climate change accord

www.nma.tv Canada is withdrawing from the Kyoto Protoco on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said Monday, abandoning its 1997 commitment to cut emissions 6% below 1990 levels by 2102 and cementing the transformation of the country’s image as a global leader in the fight against climate change into what critics are calling a “climate renegade.” By 2009 Canada’s emissions were 17 percent above 1990 levels. Canada faced nearly $14 billion in penalties for failing to reduce greenhouse emissions if it had remained a signatory to the Kyoto accord.

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Fort McMurray Oil Barons at Lloydminster Bobcats Dec 9 2011

SCORING SUMMARY PERIOD 1 Lloydminster Bobcats at 1:08 – Topher Flanagan from Kyle Harris and Jeff Lorenz Lloydminster Bobcats at 10:53 (PP) – Josh Atkinson from Mitchell Gartner and Travis Wellman PERIOD 2 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 3:24 (PP) – Harrison Hendrix from Mike Marianchuk and Brock Maschmeyer Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 9:16 (SH) – Justin Rose from Carson Cooper Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 14:53 (PP) – Brock Maschmeyer from Markus Gerbrandt and Cole Penner PERIOD 3 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 2:05 – Justin Rose from Brock Maschmeyer and Mitchell Board Lloydminster Bobcats at 8:56 (PP) – Kyle Bowen from Topher Flanagan and Jeff Lorenz Lloydminster Bobcats at 18:37 – Lyndon Lewis from Jeff Lorenz and Mitchell Gartner OVERTIME PERIOD 1 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 2:57 – Mike Marianchuk (unassisted)

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Fort McMurray Oil Barons vs. Sherwood Park Crusaders Dec 7 2011

PERIOD 1 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 0:24 – Justin Fraser from Markus Gerbrandt and Sam House Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 0:38 – Harrison Hendrix from Justin Rose and Mitchell Board Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 1:32 – Mike Marianchuk from Brett Printz PERIOD 2 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 1:33 – Justin Rose from Matt Szpak Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 2:44 – Leighton McLachlan from Brett Printz and Colton Parayko Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 6:42 – Brock Maschmeyer (unassisted) Sherwood Park Crusaders at 12:06 – Dillon Massie from Peter Quenneville Sherwood Park Crusaders at 14:12 – Dillon Massie from Dayton Reinboldt and Peter Quenneville PERIOD 3 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 9:55 – Brett Printz from Wil Tomchuk and Mike Marianchuk Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 11:57 (PP) – Cole Penner from Markus Gerbrandt and Colton Parayko Sherwood Park Crusaders at 15:35 – Andrew Taverner from Dayton Reinboldt and Marshall Donald

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Questions about Oil Sands project

Media members grill MP Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, after he announced a green light on the Joslyn North Oil Sands Project.

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Fort McMurray Oil Barons at Calgary Mustangs Dec 4 2011

SCORING SUMMARY PERIOD 1 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 2:56 – Leighton McLachlan from Colton Parayko and Carson Cooper Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 7:06 – Dylan Seymour from Brett Printz and Brock Maschmeyer PERIOD 2 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 10:15 – Mike Marianchuk from Justin Fraser and Colton Parayko Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 18:30 (PP) – Justin Rose from Carson Cooper and Mitchell Board PERIOD 3 Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 1:49 – Brett Printz from Justin Fraser and Drew McLaughlin Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 4:39 – Markus Gerbrandt from Mitchell Board and Justin Rose Calgary Mustangs at 8:48 – James King from Tanner Labelle and Austin Frank Calgary Mustangs at 18:29 (PP) – Aaron Archer from Damien Kulynych and Austin Frank

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A more defensive play for MOB

Last weekend, the Fort McMurray Oil Barons took a roadtrip against three teams from the AJHL south division and scored 15 games in three games, but don’t expect the MOB to produce the same amount of offense against the Sherwood Park Crusaders tonight at the Casman Centre.

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Fort McKay companies recruit

The Fort McKay group of companies held a recruit­ment drive at the Sawbridge Hotel in downtown Fort McMurray Tuesday as they’re looking for new employees.

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Indigenous Activists From Canada Protest Tar Sands Oil at Durban Climate Change Summit

DemocracyNow.org – This morning in Durban, South Africa, a group of youth and indigenous activists from Canada gave delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference mock gift bags containing samples of fake tar sands along with tourism brochures for Canada and Canadian flags. Kandi Mossett, one of the activists participating in the action, says Canada’s reliance on tar sands oil “is the largest catastrophic project that I am aware of on earth right now.” Mossett, who is the Native Energy and Climate Campaign Organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network, notes that the tar sands extraction process is energy and water-intensive, emits immense amounts of pollution into the air, and destroys the landscape

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