Broadcast a few months ago but worth the watch if you missed it. Brings up how we royally screwed ourselves with NAFTA, as in we can never turn off the taps to the US even if Canadians are freezing to death from a natural gas shortage.
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Alberta Oil Sands

http://www.cbc.ca/onthemap

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Good post on Oilweek:
Six influential individuals who’s opinions count regarding oilsands development
From Western Gold: Heavy Oil and Oilsands in Canada
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All over the news lately people calling are Saskatchewan “Saskaboom“… this will probably make it “boom” even more and help the Alberta “boom” boom, boom, boom yeah!
Highway work will link La Loche, Fort McMurray
Construction has begun on the highway, currently known as Garson Lake Road, that will eventually connect La Loche to Fort McMurray […]

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Another great series by VBS.TV on Alberta and it’s oil industry called “Toxic Alberta”. Many people do not know this but Alberta has more oil than Saudi Arabia but it is very hard to extract. The process used to extract this hard to get at oil is leading to massive damage to the environment. This […]

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Looks like more infrastructure problems for Fort Mac this time Oil City can’t even host the Oil Trade Show, from Fort McMurray today:
The Oil Sands Trade Show isn’t coming back to Fort McMurray for the time being, the event’s organizers said Wednesday.
What used to be the city’s biggest industrial convention moved to Edmonton this year […]

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