Used in previous centuries for tasks ranging from waterproofing canoes to paving roads, the abundant bitumen found in Alberta's Athabasca Oil Sands may serve another purpose: securing Canada's ...

I spent a week in the Athabasca oil sands last month and what I saw was a truly massive operation that's driven by the demand for something we all use every day. The Athabasca sands hold the ...

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says the provincial government renewed the rules for the Mine Financial Security Program ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. An analysis of Alberta’s oil sands industry’s sustainability perspectives from a communication, and specifically metaphorical, standpoint ...

Alberta’s government is moving ahead with plans to allow oil sands producers to pay their royalties in bitumen, letting it turn around and sell those barrels in a major expansion of the ...

“Alberta’s failure to collect sufficient financial security creates a significant risk that oil sands mine sites will not be reclaimed or remediated in a timely manner or at all, which would ...

Ducks is an autobiographical graphic novel that recounts Beaton's time working in the Alberta oil sands between 2005 and 2008. With the goal of paying off her student loans, Beaton leaves her ...