After an exhaustive study of air and water pollution along the Athabasca River and its tributaries from Fort McMurray to Lake Athabasca, researchers say pollution levels have increased as a direct ...

Preliminary results from a University of Alberta study of the Athabasca River shows levels of heavy metal comparable to bottled water and some of the remotest bodies of water in Algonquin Park.

Alberta’s plan to protect the Athabasca River from the escalating pressure of oil sands development reveals how little the government understands about the environment it claims to protect, say ...

Inorganic elements known to be toxic at low concentrations are being discharged to air and water by oilsands mining and processing according to University of Alberta research findings being published ...

At one time, the little blue cabin on the shores of the Athabasca River was brimming with life: a mother, a father and their 15 children coming together to hunt and gather, share family meals and ...

David Schindler is Professor Emeritus of Ecology, University of Alberta and the first recipient of the Stockholm Water Prize (1991). Maude Barlow is honorary chairperson of the Council of Canadians ...

First Multiphysics in SW Athabasca: Standard Uranium and Fleet Space will complete the first three ExoSphere Multiphysics surveys in the prolific SW Athabasca Uranium District on Davidson River.

If you worked in the fur trade in 1796, Alberta was not the best place to be. Sure, there was plenty of fur around. The problem was how to ship it out. "Without … a rise of water it will not be ...