FN leaders in Washington to stop Keystone pipeline
First Nations leaders are in Washington D.C. to meet with the Obama Administration.
Tar sands
Lubicon youth turn to YouTube in hopes public will “imagine” living through oil spill
Lubicon youth have turned to YouTube to tell the world about what they are now facing in the wake of Alberta’s largest oil spill in the last 30 years.
Lubicon say Alberta ignoring oil spill health concerns
The Lubicon Cree say the Alberta government has done little since 28,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a broken pipeline onto lands claimed by the First Nations community.
Oil spill threatens Lubicon
There are growing fears about the extent of a massive oil spill from a pipeline in northern Alberta.
Alberta eyes tar sands boom
One of the world’s largest oil companies says they are running out of oil.
Alberta tar sands panel faces first defection
The Alberta government’s newly appointed tar sands panel is only a few days old, but one of its members has already quit.
Suncor admits guilt, fined $200,000 for polluting river
Suncor Energy Inc. was fined $200,000 after pleading guilty Tuesday to polluting the Steepbank River north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
Guilty pleas in Greenpeace Shell protest
A protest against the tar sands has ended in convictions against a group of activists.
Tar sands sucking Athabasca dry
Elders and representatives of two northern Alberta First Nations were in Edmonton to decry low water levels in the Athabasca watershed.