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Not Your Father's Fort McMurray

Theresa Wells | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Alberta
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Theresa Wells

In my life as a community blogger I occasionally get emails and messages from those curious about where I live. Sometimes they come from those who have been to northern Alberta, and sometimes they come from people from countries far away, wondering if this is the place they have been looking for to change their fortunes.

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More Nurses For Northern Alberta

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.20.2012 | Canada Alberta
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HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - A new pilot project is trying to increase the number of nurses in northern Alberta by offering temporary assignments in various sp...

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Oliver's Twisted Pipeline Logic

Matt Price | Posted 03.14.2012 | Canada Politics
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Matt Price

This just in! I've got a yet-to-be authenticated advance copy of Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver's "streamlining" plan for hearings on things like Enbridge's proposed tar sands pipeline that would bring supertankers to B.C.'s coastline to take bitumen to China.

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Canadian Jobs Lost to the Tar Sands

Matt Price | Posted 03.06.2012 | Canada Business
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Matt Price

Just because something is a bit complicated, it doesn't mean you can ignore it, especially when it's hurting you. Thanks to increased oil production, we now have a petro-dollar that rises and falls with the price of oil. And, with oil being a finite commodity, its price will only rise, taking our dollar and manufacturing jobs in Ontario and Quebec along with it.

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