Fort MacMurray and large swaths of Northern Alberta have been burning for a few days. Homes and communities have been destroyed and people have died, […]
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Petrocultures 2014: Oil Energy or Canada’s Future
This past Thursday and Friday, a wide range of accomplished doers and thinkers gathered for the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and the University […]
Gas Lands: New video from Montreal rapper Jay Manafest targets the tar sands and fracking
Socially and politically conscious Montreal rapper Jay Manafest has released a new video for his song Gas Lands. The song is a lyrical attack on […]
Bitumen Bubble Bust: Why Alberta’s oil sands are sinking Canada
Not since Confederation has a nation-building project determined so much of Canada’s future, divided Canadians and equaled the endeavor of CP Rail, than Alberta pipelines. […]