“The Teck Frontier project would mean devastation for all our wildlife we depend on. All that is going to be compromised and destroyed forever.” said Jean L’Hommecourt of the Fort McKay First Nation. (Edmonton Journal)
As many as 70 demonstrators gathered inside Canada Place in Edmonton January 22rd on busy lunch hour. They protest the proposed oilsands mine project in northern Alberta. According to protestors the project is be considered by federal cabinet next month.
The protest centred the voices of Indigenous people from the affected areas as it joined demonstrations coordinated by climate action group Extinction Rebellion across the country to call on federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson not to recommend the Teck Frontier project be approved by cabinet. (Edmonton Journal)
A joint provincial-federal review panel found the $20.6-billion project to…
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