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How a Fort McMurray-to-Grande Prairie highway could be a game-changer for northern Alberta
A planned extension of Highway 686 would connect Fort McMurray to Alberta's northwest. The planning is being done with significant involvement of First Nations. Fort McMurray has long...
#infrastructure #politics #economy #FortMcMurray #GrandePrairie #Alberta
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And one last plug. This is a link to my November 2022 conversation with the extraordinary comic artist and graphic novelist Kate Beaton, of Hark! A Vagrant fame, about her award-winning, genre-defying autobiography, Ducks, on her time working in the oil sands of northern Alberta. Two years later, this one still haunts me. open.spotify.com/episode/2TmsH #KateBeaton #AlbertaUnbound #Ducks #oilsands #FortMcMurray

SpotifyS4 Episode 4: Of Ducks and MenAlberta Unbound · Episode
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If you're evacuating from Fort McMurray and have health issues, please remember there is NO Emergency department in Lac La Biche open overnight tonight or Smoky Lake after 6pm this week. Go to Cold Lake if you have the opportunity to get there.

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@cabinradio Leadership in #SlaveLake and I believe also in #FortMcMurray conducted public debriefing sessions immediately after #wildfire evacuation experiences. The well-being of residents was improved by people being able to tell their stories and experiences directly to decision makers. Seems #Yellowknife's leaders don't want to engage with residents but defer this responsibility to a 3rd party. This is what a failure of #leadership looks like.

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#UCP Leader Danielle Smith and #NDP Leader Rachel Notley met this morning in the middle of a bitterly fought, neck and neck election to discuss the out of control wildfires sweeping #Alberta. One is premier. One used to be premier and has dealt with situations like this before. #FortMcMurray

via @kieranleavitt @torontostar
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Calgary HeraldNotley offers wildfire insight to Smith as some provincial campaigns are suspendedBy Stephanie Babych

There were sharp words & fiery exchanges this week at a #TownHall meeting between #ImperialOil & residents of #FortChipewyan , #Alberta .
It was the #FirstTime the company met with #residents of the #community on the western shore of #LakeAthabasca since #wastewater #seepage was discovered from #TailingsPonds at Imperial Oil Ltd.'s #KearlLake# oilsands site near #FortMcMurray . Fort Chipewyan is downstream from the tailings ponds.
cbc.ca/amp/1.6789141

CBCNorthern Alberta residents demand answers from Imperial Oil after toxic leak from oilsands projectBy Julia Wong