Oil Sands Question and Response (OSQAR) Blog

Helping to see the forest through the trees

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The company is already well known for aiding billions of people in finding anything imaginable. From the name of the kid who played Cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch (Robbie Rist) to immersive directions (complete with photos) to a café at the other end of the planet, Google has helped.  

The importance of caribou: more than just spare change

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We’ve all touched caribou...and they’ve touched us. After all, this iconic ungulate appears on every single one of the millions of quarters that trade across the country daily. In fact, the caribou has adorned the Canadian 25-cent piece for three quarters of a century.

Seeing the forest for the trees

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With this year being the UN International Year of Forests (see UN Forests 2011), we thought it would be appropriate to look at oil sands development’s impact on Alberta’s boreal forest.  (2011 also happens to be the Year of the Rabbit, but try as we might, we can’t yet think of a good reason to talk about small, fluffy creatures).