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St. Clair Chronicle, Missouri, October 18, 1934

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— Apolonis Aphrodisia (@A_aphrodisia) September 21, 2017

Wow. 

Alberta Leadership Candidate Proposes Oil Pipeline to Arctic As World Aims to Get Off Oil:

allthecanadianpolitics:

As the leadership contest for Alberta’s newly formed United Conservative Party heats up, it’s no surprise pipeline politics are front and centre.

As four major oilsands pipeline projects from Alberta sit abandoned, stalled or awaiting review, one contender is proposing to beat the pipeline gridlock through an entirely new route.

It wouldn’t be through the west or east coast but through the Arctic — namely Churchill, Manitoba, the polar bear capital of the world, nestled in Hudson Bay.

“Churchill has Canada’s only deep-water port facility, and it could be capable of sending 250,000 barrels/day of Alberta oil to global markets so we can secure the premium price,” states a media release from Jeff Callaway, former Wildrose president and now leadership contender for the United Conservative Party.

The president of the Churchill Chamber of Commerce blasted the proposal as ecologically dangerous.

“Everyone always wants jobs and security that way but oil is pretty scary business, especially on the edge of the Arctic,” Dave Daley, an avid dogsledder and owner of Wapusk Adventures, told CBC.

“As soon as that article hit town here there was a big uproar about ‘Say no to oil.’ “

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