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Alberta flooded with applications for grants to clean up inactive oil and gas wells

Posted on May 26, 2020 by

Calgary’s Scott Darling, who owns two oil-well service companies – Performance Energy Services and Performance Production Services – is hoping to participate in Alberta’s Site Rehabilitation Program. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail May 25 2020 Alberta flooded with applications for … Continue reading →

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Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oil sands during pandemic

Posted on May 15, 2020 by

Oil goes into a tailings pond at the Suncor oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alta., September 17, 2014. Todd Korol/Reuters Carol Scott The Canadian Press Published May 14, 2020 The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of … Continue reading →

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The Covid-19 pandemic has allowed Mother Nature to remind us what less human pollution looks like

Posted on April 27, 2020 by

The view of the Himalayan mountain chain’s Dhauladhar range is a rarity in country with a documented air quality problem. The stunning scene was captured by a biologist that works in Venice Clear skies near the Himalayas, in California and … Continue reading →

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Revealed: ‘former Vodafone executive’ in 5G conspiracy video is UK pastor

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

Link to article in The Guardian plus added commentary — Jim Waterson Media editor Fri 24 Apr 2020 … Jonathon James, who regularly preached at churches in Bedfordshire, is the previously unidentified individual who reached millions of people with his … Continue reading →

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Was the Covid-19 pandemic manufactured by China or is it just benefiting from it?

Posted on April 11, 2020 by

April 11 2020 Post on social m(isl)edia followed by some criticism of parts of this theory. “The coronavirus traveled all over the world from Wuhan China, but it did not reach Beijing or Shanghai or other major cities in China. … Continue reading →

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Why pandemics are the perfect environment for conspiracy theories to flourish

Posted on April 11, 2020 by

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Spanish Flu – Influenza vs Covid-19 Pandemics

Posted on April 11, 2020 by

A patient wearing a flu mask during the flu epidemic which followed the First World War. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Apr 11 2019 Interesting article and some important warnings including the risk of multiple waves of … Continue reading →

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The coronavirus pandemic is the breakthrough Xi Jinping has been waiting for

Posted on April 4, 2020 by

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits an industrial park, which produces high-end auto parts and molds, in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Pr Opinion https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-the-breakthrough-xi-jinping-has-been-waiting-for-and-hes-making-his-move/ … What’s new is that the Chinese state is committing vast resources to a hybrid strategy of … Continue reading →

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Will fear or rational thinking dominate as the COVID-19 virus outbreak plays out?

Posted on March 15, 2020 by

CTV news Mar 15 2020 — Comments I noticed last week in at least Winnipeg that panic buying started at Costco, Walmart and Superstore. Safeway, Coop and Sobeys were less affected initially. Not sure if demographics may have had something … Continue reading →

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