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145 bears killed in region in 2011

Feb 22, 2012 at 11:17 am in News by tyler.king

Local wildlife officers killed three times as many bears this past year as the year before. 145 black bears were killed – one of the highest counts in recent history. Almost half were killed at oilsands Read more >

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Have a Heart Radiothon raises $129,000

Feb 21, 2012 at 7:53 pm in Community, News by COMMUNITY

$129,000 was raised at Tuesday’s Northern Lights Health Foundation’s Have a Heart Radiothon presented by ATB Financial. NLHF Executive Director Susan Chaffey proudly announced the total at the end of the 13 hour radiothon on February Read more >

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21-year old charged for driving 120km over limit

Feb 21, 2012 at 1:01 pm in News by tyler.king

A 21 year old man was caught by police driving 180 kilometres an hour down Confederation Way. Garnet Bresson was arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and given a 24-hour alcohol related Read more >

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Secret federal memo calls oil sands “significant risk”

Feb 21, 2012 at 12:13 pm in Business, News by tyler.king

A secret federal government memo calls the oilsands a significant environmental and financial risk to Alberta. An Ottawa researcher obtained the document through access to information legislation this week, finding that bureaucrats are unconvinced that more Read more >

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Flint Energy bought by American company

Feb 21, 2012 at 11:47 am in Business, News by tyler.king

A California company has succeeded in getting a foothold in the oilsands. San Francisco-based URS Corporation has bought Calgary-based Flint Energy for one and a quarter billion dollars U.S. Half of Flint’s Canadian revenues come from Read more >

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