The Dominion - Chris Arsenault

Arsenault Bomber

Moira Peters — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:30:59 +0000

Sour gas infrastructure "is being put where people live and where children go to school," according to UofA sociologist Paul Joosse.

Arsenault Bomber Cropped

Moira Peters — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:22:14 +0000

Hydrogen sulfide, or sour gas, is deadly at concentrations of 500 parts per million.

Chief Calliou

Tim McSorley — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:13:13 +0000

Chief Calliou at the Kelly Lake First Nation's community center

School teacher Rick Koechl

Tim McSorley — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:26:58 +0000

School teacher Rick Koechl worries about sour gas lines near his home.

Jeff Rubin

dru — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:32:58 +0000

Jeff Rubin in Vancouver.

Bitumen Obama

Moira Peters — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:03:19 +0000

Canada, the largest foreign supplier of oil to the US, sends 1.2 million barrels south each day. Crude from Canada's tar sands, "the world's dirtiest oil," accounts for half that supply. During his first foreign visit to Canada, US President Barack Obama called climate change and the need to develop clean energy resources "the most pressing challenge of our time." He did not mention the tar sands.

A truck at the tar sands

dawn — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:41:31 +0000

Agent Orange in Vietnam

hillarybain — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:26:53 +0000

A child with no eyes in Vietnam, a problem believed to be caused by early exposure to Agent Orange.

Sapper Bruce MacCleary

hillarybain — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:36:28 +0000

Sapper Bruce MacCleary with his wife and daughter in Gagetown.