tar sands
The Oil Sands’ ‘Cleaner’ Future Looks Awfully Dirty
Steam-powered mining is anything but environmentally friendly.
Cops Say Alberta's Tanking Economy Is to Blame for Spike in Domestic Violence
At a press conference this week called specifically to draw attention to the problem, Calgary police stressed that unemployment is not a direct cause of domestic violence and that "in no way does it excuse it."
Canadian Oil Companies Start Work Again Around Fire-Ravaged Fort McMurray
The highway through Fort Mac, in northern Alberta, has opened up to industrial vehicles, a little over a week after a mandatory evacuation due to a raging wildfire. It's not yet known when residents will be able to return to the city.
‘It’s a Fucking Ghost Town’: Inside Canada's Fort McMurray As It Burns
Fort McMurray is synonymous with Canada's oil sands. The sudden and mandatory evacuation caught residents, many of whom assumed the wildfire was under control, off guard.
Canada Sends Military Aircraft to Stop the Spread of Massive Alberta Wildfires
Canada's provinces have begun lining up to offer assistance to the massive wildfires that are ravaging Alberta's north.
As Alberta’s Economy Goes Down the Shitter, Bumbling Crime Schemes Are Going Up
Criminal masterminds these good ole boys ain't.
An Inquiry Into a Fatal Oil Sands Accident Won’t Look At What Actually Happened
In 2007, two Chinese workers were killed on the site of an Alberta oil sands project by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. A judge has ruled that a public inquiry should only look at how one of the workers was transported to hospital.
An Indigenous Environmental Activist Is Building a Solar Network in the Heart of Canada’s Tar Sands
After years of raising awareness about the impact of the oil industry on Canada's Indigenous peoples, Melina Laboucan-Massimo is making a very tangible statement.
West vs East Fight Over Energy East Pipeline Leaves Little Room for Adult Debate
Conservative politicians aren't taking too kindly to Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre's opposition to the Energy East pipeline.
Three Protesters Are Facing Criminal Charges After Anti-Pipeline Sit-In in British Columbia
“Let us in! Let us in!” the women chanted as they were pinned against the wall and handcuffed outside the ballroom of a Burnaby hotel, where Canada’s National Energy Board is considering Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline proposal.
Justin Trudeau Told Leonardo DiCaprio to Stop Being Mean to Canada's Oil Sands
Trudeau and DiCaprio, a die-hard environmentalist, met at Davos in Switzerland this week after DiCaprio chastised the "corporate greed" of energy companies.
Protesters Accuse Trudeau of Broken Promises as BC Pipeline Review Forges Ahead
The expansion of an existing Kinder Morgan pipeline would see a second line run from near Edmonton, Alberta to refineries in Burnaby, BC, pumping 890,000 barrels of oil per day to international markets, in particular China.