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CNRL’s Horizon mine tailings ponds recorded by far the highest number of bird landings – 7,551 in one season – with Imperial’s Kearl mine recording the second most, at just over 5,000.
A major operator in Alberta's oilsands is appealing a $278,000 regulatory fine it was issued after hundreds of birds died in one of its toxic tailings ponds. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. was ...
It’s not news that billions of birds are killed annually in a wide variety of ways. But it is national news when 100 birds die in a tailings pond in northern Alberta.
In October 2010, more than 550 birds died or had to be killed when an early winter storm forced them to land on waste ponds belonging to Syncrude and Suncor.
A tailings pond near the Syncrude tar sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. Alberta’s energy regulator says three corporations have reported waterfowl landing in ...
Countless birds and fish are dying in a retention pond that was once a haven for wildlife, residents in Winnipeg's Mandalay West neighbourhood say. Garvin De La Mothe and his girlfriend often ...
Imperial says more than 100 birds per day, mainly grebes and shorebirds, have landed on the ponds over several days, mostly on open water. READ MORE: 9 additional COVID-19 cases confirmed at Kearl ...
EDMONTON — Canadians expect better environmental protection to prevent incidents such as the death of 500 ducks earlier this week in an oilsands tailings pond, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said ...
Kurtis Huston is the owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Kamloops. The retailer outlet sells all the things you need to feed and observe birds.
Signs posted at the pond caution people to stay away from the pond, as well as its wildlife, recommending that anyone in the area avoid direct contact with birds or their feces. A cable fence was ...
The city is looking into the deaths of birds at a pond in Winnipeg. Several birds were taken to wildlife rehabilitation centres after being rescued from retention pond Wednesday.