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Article: Oilsands boom creates uneasy wealth.(Alberta Sweetgrass: Special Section providing news from Alberta)(environmental and health effects)
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- Wind Speaker
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- June 1, 2007
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Sticky bitumen--once used only for waterproofing his ancestors' canoes--has brought affluence to Chief Jim Boucher's Fort McKay First Nation, located 65 km north of Fort McMurray.
Houses boast wooden decks, attractive siding and landscaped yards. The Elders' centre features a stately stone fireplace and the elementary school playground is dominated by a deluxe, multi-coloured playground installation.
A well-appointed business centre highlights the band office, named after late chief Dorothy McDonald, famous for her "David and Goliath" tenacity in pressing charges against oilsands giant Suncor in 1982. The company was fined $50,000 for violating the ...