Leaks show releasing oilsands waters into the Athabasca River is not the best solution for tailings ponds

The uncertainty of health and safety causes immense stress on a community already dealing with intergenerational trauma and lack of support.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and the Canadian government must consider more than just changing federal law to release oilsands waters into the Athabasca River, writes Melody Lepine.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MELODY LEPINE

April 5, 2023

As has been widely reported, the Mikisew Cree First Nation in northern Alberta is facing a major crisis: two failures of tailings ponds at a relatively new oilsands mine, the Kearl Oil Sands project.

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