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Gone Bananas

Ethical Oil calls for a boycott of Chiquita >

Michael Ganley is the editor of Alberta Venture. BizBeat takes a big-picture view of the provincial, national and international news affecting Alberta's business community. He can be reached at mganley@albertaventure.com and @MikeatVenture

Suncor’s Rick George steps down

Alberta's Business Person of the Year in 2001, George led Suncor to become Alberta's biggest company >

Meet Temple Real Estate Investment Trust, a yield-friendly play on oil sands expansion

Temple REIT owns hotels in Fort McMurray, which is quietly booming again >

Who Blinks First?

Ottawa and Alberta are debating the right way to regulate the oil sands. The answer will set the tone for the industry’s development for years to come. >

Oil Sands Propaganda

A new series of posters touting the ethical nature of the oil sands guides our public debate toward the gutter >

Politics vs. policy

Jack Layton used the oil sands as a predictable political prop, but the truth of the matter is more interesting than he lets on >

Foreign Cash Changes the Game

What a difference a year makes >

2011: Time to buck up

By Paul Marck

It simply would not do to close out the year without offering comment on a couple of things: oil sands and government. I do not believe there has ever been a time when Alberta’s greatest natural resource has been under the spotlight more than it has been in 2010. And in three-plus decades as a journalist, I have not been as disappointed in or as angered by our elected officials as during this past year. A few observations:

– The ENGOs are not completely wrong about their clarion call for industry and government needing to do more — and a lot more — to clean up the air, water and soil from the oil sands that has resulted in massive disturbances, pollution and potential risks to human health and animal habitat.

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Oil Sands Showdown Podcast

Who's winning the war? >


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