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5. First Nations hold final 'healing walk' in oilsands: goal has been achieved

http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/first-nations-hold-final-healing-walk-in-oilsands-1.2689176

First Nations hold final 'healing walk' in oilsands

Organizers say walk has helped create awareness about oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alberta

By Eriel Deranger, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, for CBC News Posted: Jun 27, 2014 10:41 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 27, 2014 11:03 AM ET

Walking through the oilsands is nothing like flying over the oilsands, or driving past them.

Starting today, June 27, hundreds of First Nations people from across Alberta, Canada and the rest of the world will meet in Fort McMurray, Alberta and walk for the last time past a Syncrude upgrader, past tailings ponds and heavy haul trucks.

For the fifth year straight, we will smell the crude oil and toxic plumes, especially if the wind pushes back south. Some walkers, as in past years, will be forced to stop walking due to breathing difficulties or bloody noses. We will walk at ground zero of the oilands, surrounded by vast oilsands mines.

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This year is the last healing walk, not because the oilsands will stop expanding tomorrow, but because our original goal has been achieved. First Nation communities, once isolated and at times fearful to talk about oilsands and their impacts, are no longer alone.

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