Sentence examples for alberta from inspiring English sources
A graphic panel outlining key facts about tar sands in Canada, published alongside a related report (The oil made some people rich – but it poisoned the river and spoilt the land, 29 May, page 22), erred in saying they were located "in the state of Alberta".
Canada is made up of provinces and territories, not states; Alberta is one of the former.
Related: Canada's political landscape undergoes seismic shift with election in Alberta The Conservatives gained fresh hope of a sort this week with the release of polls showing a strong surge in support for the leftwing New Democratic party following its surprise victory in a recent provincial election in Alberta, a staunchly conservative region often called the Texas of Canada.
But building the pipeline would not have much impact on climate change, because without it Alberta crude would probably still be produced and shipped to market, through other pipelines or by rail.
Since it has not, Alberta is now contemplating retaliation.
But thousands went abroad to the United States, Mexico and the Persian Gulf, and to farther-flung places like Malaysia and Kazakhstan.Many headed to Alberta, in Canada, where the tar sands yield a residue that is similar to the heavy oil from the Orinoco belt, which Venezuela is struggling to develop.
In 1993, he was elected as an MP for Reform, an Alberta-based party he had helped to found.
But there's always been this argument over what actually happens to make the noise," said Greg Kawchuk, professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
The boss of Exxon, Rex Tillerson, was paid $33.1m last year including bonus payouts linked to projects including the first well in the Kara Sea, in the Russian Arctic, and the expansion of the Kearl tar sands operations in northern Alberta, Canada.
Will the university continue to invest in fossil fuel companies whose ongoing activities devastate communities such as those in the Niger delta and Alberta, Canada?
And while grain prices have picked up, drought has once again brought billions of dollars of losses to farms and ranches.A huge swathe of farmland spanning central Saskatchewan and Alberta, and angling northwest into British Columbia's Peace River valley has suffered its driest winter and spring in at least 50 years (and 70 in some districts).
