The Dominion - Tar Sands

Boreal Logging

dru — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:55:31 +0000

Clearcutting in the boreal forest in Alberta. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement allows an area the size of Prince Edward Island to be cut in the caribou range, while deferring logging to outside the caribou range an area the size of Toronto.

Anti-trailbreaker info-session

dru — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:26:37 +0000

Bloc Quebecois MP Christian Ouellet speaks about the Trailbreaker project at a public meeting in Granby, Quebec.

Anti-trailbreaker info-session

dru — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:11:27 +0000

One hundred people gathered in Granby to find out about environmental impacts of the Trailbreaker project.

Suncor Toad

dru — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:31:03 +0000

"Ask a toad": Suncor is now the largest tar sands extraction company, and the fifth largest oil company in North America. It has an ongoing partnership with the Pembina Institute.

Tar Sands Production

dru — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:55:08 +0000

Tar sands production is set to increase as conventional oil reserves are depleted.

Tailing Pond

Moira Peters — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:22:10 +0000

No TV crews allowed, no reporters, no pictures are to be taken of the most infamous tailings pond on earth after a flock of 500 ducks landed -- and drowned -- in Syncrude toxic "tailing pond" (shown here), a vast lake more than four kilometres across. Tim Gray, corporate security adviser for Syncrude Canada, sent out a confidential e-mail memo to staff that says: "Although this is certainly a very sad incident, it is our responsibility to ensure that the best interests of Syncrude are maintained."

Acadie en Alberta

dru — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:15:42 +0000

An Acadian flag adorns a Fort McMurray home.

Boreal River

dru — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:55:32 +0000

Currently, industry is making decisions about how the tar sands are developed.

NAFTA Trade Corridors

dru — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:40:35 +0000

NAFTA trade corridors will be used to import labour and move equipment and goods to the tar sands.

SPP Tar Sands

dru — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:35:00 +0000

Police launch tear gas at demonstrators during a Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) meeting in Ottawa last August.

Water

dru — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:26:21 +0000

A Suncor processing plant, as seen from the Athabasca River.

Scars

dru — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:58:30 +0000

Open Pits

dru — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:54:55 +0000

Is money from US foundations slowing down efforts to stop tar sands mines?

Roughneck

dru — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:28:05 +0000

Culture of toughness: Alberta’s gas fields.
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Workers' Quarters

dru — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:30:41 +0000

Workers’ quarters in a camp near Fort McMurray. Temporary foreign workers are often at the mercy of their employers.