UNESCO warns Wood Buffalo park faces long term threats
Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, faces worsening threats from oilsands activity, climate change and hydro development. An executive summary to UNESCO notes declining water flows, deformed fish, high mercury in wildlife, and ongoing environmental degradation despite co management efforts with First Nations.
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Fort Chipewyan
Alta
Wood Buffalo National Park
United Nations
Canada
Unesco
Alberta
Peace-Athabasca
Wood Buffalo
Buffalo
Bahrain
Environment Canada
Peace River
Athabasca River
Energy Regulator
Prosper Petroleum
Rigel
Tech Resources
Two men guilty of polygamy get house arrest in BC
Winston Blackmore and James Oler, both convicted of polygamy, receive conditional sentences rather than jail. Blackmore, 61, gets six months house arrest plus 12 months probation. Oler gets three months house arrest plus 12 months probation. Special prosecutor urged jail time. judge cites gravity of offences and faith context.
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Cranbrook
British Columbia
B.C
Oler
Peter Wilson
Blackmore
Sheri Ann Donegan
Trans Mountain purchase could raise Ottawa deficit by 36 percent
A study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis warns the federal buy of Kinder Morgan Canada assets and expansion costs could add about 6.5 billion dollars of unplanned spending to the 2018-19 budget, risking a 36 percent increase to the deficit. Ottawa disputes the analysis, saying the deal yields a valuable asset with no immediate debt impact.
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Calgary
Sustainable Energy Research Group
Kinder Morgan Canada
Institute For Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Ottawa
Tom Sanzillo
Kathy Hipple
Sanzillo
Institute
Federal Finance Department
Canada
Kinder Morgan
Trans Mountain
Alberta
McDonald’s in Red Deer confronts Indigenous man after racist incident
Zach Running Coyote from Rosebud Alberta says he was ordered to leave the central Alberta McDonald’s after a racist confrontation with another customer. He and staff report the incident prompted an apology from the franchisee and a learning moment for workers.
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Josh Hall
Zach Running Coyote
Rosebud
Alta
McDonald’s
Alberta
Red Deer
McDonald's
Canada
Running Coyote
Bob Carpenter
McDonald's Red Deer
Renewsnow
Carpenter
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