If there’s one tried-and-tested time of the week to drop a shitty news bomb, it’s certainly Friday afternoon. And if that Friday afternoon comes before a long weekend, even better.
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Suncor employee killed by bear in Alberta
An employee at Suncor Energy’s main oil sands operation was killed by a black bear Wednesday. The woman, whose name has not been released, was attacked by a bear in the early afternoon. According to the Globe & Mail, when the RCMP responded to the call, “the male bear was still in the area and it was ‘shot and killed by RCMP members.’”
Neil Young was right about Hiroshima, says woman who knows Hiroshima
Maybe before everyone from Rex Murphy to Alberta premier Alison Redford piled on Neil Young for his statement that the Alberta oil sands “look like Hiroshima,” they should have spoken to someone who actually knows what both places look like.
Ethical Oil group outrages Twitter users with #IndianIgnorant hashtag
Well, it was only a matter of time before the pro-oil crowd did something racist.
Everyone in Norway is a goddamn millionaire now
Norway’s massive pension fund recently surpassed 5.11 trillion kroner, which is just slightly more than one million for each of Norway’s 5.1 million citizens. This must be that “planning” thing people are always talking about.
Former government minister Chuck Strahl now a lobbyist for Enbridge
Chuck Strahl, who was in the House of Commons from 1993 to 2011, is now currently serving a five-year term as head of the country’s spy watchdog, the Security Intelligence Review Committee, where he is privy to most of the country’s intelligence. The only problem is that he’s also a lobbyist for energy giant Enbridge.
Liberal MP David McGuinty said a thing about Alberta and now we’re all going to get stupider
David McGuinty sure isn’t helping the Liberal Party in Alberta. In a Commons committee meeting, he basically told all the Tory MPs from Wild Rose Country to get the oil companies’ dicks out of their mouths.
This attack ad is so crazy it must be a work of satire
The fine folks at Ethical Oil have just released an attack ad against NDP leader Thomas Mulcair that is so over-the-top crazy it comes off as a self-parody.