Jackpine Mine will destroy wetlands and wildlife, First Nations say

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/jackpine-mine-will-destroy-wetlands-and-wildlife-first-nations-say-1.2455963

The largest known reservoir of crude bitumen in the world is about to get even bigger, but Alice Rigney is in no mood to celebrate.

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Rigney was raised in Northern Alberta on the Athabasca River that now runs directly through multiple oil sands projects.

"That river is our lifeline and has been for thousands of years. It has always sustained us with fish, food, water and travel – everything,” said Rigney.

Rigney grew up watching traditional hunting, fishing and trapping grounds transform into what she now calls the tar sands. She is now part of an Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations (ACFN) Elders council, fighting those developments.

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“If they destroy that, what will become of us? Are we going to become refugees on our own land? Where am I going to go?”

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Neil Young the environmentalist,
Photo essay,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/photos/neil-young-environmentalist-1.1716733