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A dialogue between Chris Turner and Andrew Nikiforuk

Every Albertan now knows that the tar sands, the world’s largest energy project, drinks an enormous amount of water. Separating tar from sand is a messy, water-intensive business: producing just [...]

Building on a Literary Identity

When an overdeveloped sense of prosperity causes an underdeveloped sense of democracy.

An Alberta city emerges as the new (literary) Seattle.

Nuclear power may bring jobs and affluence to the Peace Country. It may bring disaster. A local debate is under way.

It’s quite possible that the last decade will be remembered as the golden age of Alberta literature.

Oil sands extraction makes a lot of waste. Where does it all go? Welcome to Alberta’s tailings ponds.

The community is polarized by saboteurs and the issues it raises

The decline of wilderness in the boreal forest: Clearcut logging in the Owl River Basin