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RELEASE: Speaking out against gravel pits in the Tawatinaw valley
The Tawatinaw valley and watershed, with a rich history and cherished by all who live in and around it, is now threatened by two proposed massive gravel and sand pits.
RELEASE: True Cost Accounting would tell the whole story on proposed Teck/Frontier mine
The Joint Review Panel convenes on September 25, 2018 to review Teck's application for a brand new bitumen mine in Alberta. This, the largest and most northerly mine yet, is right next to endangered UNESCO world heritage site, the Wood Buffalo National Park, and the application runs over 4000 pages.
RELEASE: Solar power: Our allegiance to land, air, water, and sun
Keepers of the Athabasca is partnering with Sucker Creek First Nation and the Society of High Prairie Regional Environmental Action Committee to put a solar installation on the Treaty 8 Building in Sucker Creek First Nation
RELEASE: Condolences - 10 years after international tailings duck disaster
On the anniversary of 1,600 ducks' death in Syncrude's tailings pond, we wish to express our sincere condolences for the thousands of other lives lost in tailing ponds
SAVE THE DATE: Keepers of the Athabasca Annual General Meeting June 1-3
The Keepers of the Athabasca Annual General Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2018 at Long Lake Outdoor Education Centre
RELEASE: Contamination questions on two hazardous sites: Swan Hills and Faust's Toxic Park
First Nations, residents, businesses, and municipalities want to know: does contamination from the Swan Hills (hazardous waste) Treatment Centre (SHTC) reach us around the Lesser Slave Lake area
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Solar system for the Treaty 8 Building on the SCFN
Keepers of the Athabasca, in partnership with Sucker Creek First Nation, are inviting proposals from qualified contractors for the provision of a 6.5 Kw solar system to be installed on the roof of the Treaty 8 Building on the Sucker Creek First Nation.
OPEN LETTER: Concerns regarding the Mine Financial Security Program and implementation of the Tailings Management Framework for the Athabasca Oil Sands
Keepers of the Athabasca (Keepers) have serious liability concerns, including health, financial and environmental, with Alberta's Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP) and the implementation of the Tailings Management Framework (TMF).
WORKSHOPS: Keepers of the Athabasca offers Flowing into Right Relationship community workshops
Keepers of the Athabasca is now funding to bring interactive and informative workshops across central and northern Alberta.
RELEASE: More birds dead in toxic tailings: before plant even opens!
Keepers of the Athabasca is distressed to hear that yet another large group of birds is dead due to toxic tailings in the bitumen mining region of Northern Alberta.
RELEASE: Toxic park conundrum
On Tuesday, July 11 at 6 pm, there will be a public meeting in the tiny hamlet of Faust, on the shores of the Lesser Slave Lake. Once the largest settlement on the lake, idyllic Faust is now home to a toxic site that Big Lakes County suggests making into a public park.
RELEASE: Flowing into Right Relationship: Paddle the Athabasca River June 29-July 1
Today the Athabasca and its Keepers hosted a unique 3-day canoe voyage of Athabasca Watershed Indigenous Peoples and Settlers in celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation and the importance and value of Keeping this Canadian Heritage River for all living things.
RELEASE: Documents for Phase 1 of the Hay River Basin pollution investigation
A media conference and information session was held February 2, 2017 to discuss the Hay River Basin pollution investigation.
VIDEO: Solar4All: A solar project partnership between Keepers of the Athabasca and Beaver Lake Cree Nation
The Beaver Lake Cree Nation and the Keepers of the Athabasca partnered together to launch a small-scale, 24.65kW solar project installed at the community school
APPEAL FOR SUPPORT: The Hay River Basin pollution investigation and remediation planning
The Keepers of the Water seek your help to complete the final step of our Hay River Basin Pollution Study. For many years, Traditional Knowledge Carriers and Indigenous hunter trappers of NW Alberta have seen significant deterioration of their traditional lands, waters, plants, wildlife and livelihoods caused by petroleum installation spills and pipelines breaks.
MEDIA CONFERENCE: Completion of phase 1 of the Hay River Basin pollution investigation
A media conference and information session will be held February 2, 2017 at noon to discuss the Hay River Basin pollution investigation
RELEASE: Uncontrollable oil seepage continues on weapons range
In 2009 and 2013, reports of a new type of 'spill' surfaced in the Cold Lake region, in which the earth's crust is cracked, broken, and oozing bitumen.
REPORT: Indigenous Climate Action: Final Meeting Report
The Indigenous Peoples Meeting on Climate Change was coordinated and organized based on our belief that there was and still is an urgent need to engage Indigenous communities in Canada on the important topic of climate change, climate change policy, and the intersectionality of the rights of Indigenous peoples.