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Alberta earthquakes not caused by fracking – UofA prof
13 small Alberta earthquakes caused by nearby wastewater injection well A study by Alberta geo-physicists has established a link between oil and gas activity – a wastewater injection well – and small...
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Social licence: Enbridge, Kinder Morgan losing BC battle
Who could lose social licence to BC eco-activists, who consistently get facts wrong, don’t understand basic technical issues, whose analyses are based on junk methodology? Have pipeline companies lost...
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Carbon tax based on BC model appears inevitable
BC carbon tax hailed as textbook case of good public policy If the CEO of Canada’s largest energy company thinks a Canadian carbon tax is a good thing, is it time to seriously consider one? Steve...
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Enmax preparing for future of Alberta renewable energy
Cost of renewables will drop, fossil fuel costs likely to rise, power grid becomes smarter – Enmax Whither renewable energy in Alberta? The answer to that question, according to Calgary-based Enmax, is...
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Alberta oil sands: Ontario, American manufacturing firms lining up
Alberta oil sands investing $30 billion a year in capital projects American and Ontario manufacturers are trekking to Calgary to persuade Alberta oil sands companies they can meet the demands of...
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Danielle Smith betrayal one of epic proportions
Was Danielle Smith undermining WRP by-election campaigns while negotiating with Prentice? Two and a half years ago, Beacon News was blackballed by the Wildrose Party for a story about leader Danielle...
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Canadian newsmakers who died in 2014
Former federal finance minister Jim Flaherty among Canadian newsmakers who died in 2014 Every year the nation looks back on the list of Canadian newsmakers who died, some familiar over many years for...
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Anti-intellectualism alive and well in Alberta, BC
Anti-intellectualism thrives in religion-based schools Recently, I was forwarded an article entitled “Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US.” In the piece an author, Isabel Allende, explains how...
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The Odd Couple at Surrey Arts Centre is funny, entertaining
Surrey Arts Centre The Odd Couple isn’t perfect, but still worth the ticket price I grew up in the 1970s watching The Odd Couple on television, so the Surrey Arts Centre’s version of the Neil Simon...
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Anti-vaccine movement: One example of misunderstood science
Clear scientific evidence vaccines are safe, but anti-vaccine proponents not listening The anti-vaccine movement likes to claim it has science on its side. Does it? Beacon News asked Dr. Glen Armstrong...
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