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Stepping up aboriginal presence in oilsands workforce

Edmonton Journal | July 13, 2011 | 12:50 am Energy Canada Europe

putting up $1.5 million for a mobile business-incubator project designed to help fledgling firms get into the oilsands industry. All along Highway 881 — called the SAGD Alley, after the steam-assisted gravity drainage system of oilsands production —