ReturnToTheTarSands

Survey: Albertans unhappy with quality of life
By Dean Bennett, THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/10/14/4575820-cp.html

Filed under: Commentary, Media, TTTS on October 15th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I have been visiting Turner Valley my whole life. It’s a small place (pop. 1800), with one major intersection, a gas station, and a bit of an empty feel. But the people are friendly, the hotel bar has great music on the weekends, and from the outside, it appears to be a content, picturesque community [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Environmental Justice, Media, TTTS on October 13th, 2007 | No Comments »

The first day of the trip, we were confronted with ownership issues and how oil companies lease land from farmers to build roads and drill wells.  We were introduced to the situation from a farmer’s point of view.  He was pissed.
His lease hadn’t been paid for years and hadn’t been renegotiated since the 80’s.  Leases [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Environmental Justice, TTTS, Trade on September 25th, 2007 | No Comments »

This entry comes from dialogue the following 4 workers.
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Bruce currently works as an Operating Engineer for Syncrude and his wife Morgan used to work at the Oil Sands Discovery Center and as public affairs representative for Syncrude. The 17 To the Tar Sands bikers stayed at their home for two nights in Fort McMurray.
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Johnny is [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Fort McMurray, Labour, TTTS on September 24th, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Here is a sample of the variety of stories we heard about the tailings ponds and the flux of water through the oil sands operations…

Randal Barrett, President of Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA):
Tailings ponds are mainly a result of water used to extract bitumen from sands that have been excavated in open pit mines. The [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Environmental Justice, TTTS on September 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »