Harper says oilsands’ need for them ‘overwhelming’

TORONTO — The need for Canadian oilsands is “overwhelming” and the government will work hard to combat misinformation about its environmental impact, the prime minister said Friday. Stephen Harper launched into a defence of the controversial oils...

Red Deer Advocate | December 19, 2011 | 4:04 am

Tory foreign policy review looks east to China

the past week. The Obama Administration put the brakes on a major pipeline project that would carry Alberta oilsands crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast, and Harper responded that Canada would be making trade with Asia a top economic priority. Harper was

Red Deer Advocate | November 19, 2011 | 1:14 am

The keys to the Keystone project

helping to match supply and demand in the car industry, for instance. Stimulating the development of Alberta’s oilsands also results in less net wealth being transferred out of the United States. Not only are many American companies actively supplying

Red Deer Advocate | November 18, 2011 | 12:47 am

Hundreds protest Keystone peacefully

showed up on Parliament Hill on Monday to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and the expansion of the oilsands. But unlike last summer’s demonstrations in Toronto, where destruction and violent confrontation were the order of the day, this event was

Red Deer Advocate | September 27, 2011 | 11:00 pm

We will pay for oilsands monitoring

The new federal environmental monitoring plan stopped me short on Page 11 of the first part on Air Monitoring. There is an image that shows the NO2 (nitrous oxide) monitoring related to North America.

Red Deer Advocate | August 11, 2011 | 12:13 pm