Big industry in Fort Mac is recruiting an unlikely ally in the effort to reclaim industrial land with wildflowers as it is being returned to its natural state.
Acden Vertex has brought in bees to encourage the return of wild flower, shrub and tree varietals in areas that have been mined for gravel and heavy oil – and are now being returned to their natural state.
The bees are just a part of the efforts to return mined land to boreal forest after industry has passed through.
Up Next in Season 2
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Floodwaters Rising
Last spring’s massive flood was just the latest blow to small businesses in the heart of Fort McMurray. This one came on the heels of the big fire, the oil downturn and Covid restrictions on commercial activity.
Now the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo is spending $200 million on flood reme...
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Tough Minded
Of all communities in Canada, Fort McMurray has had the most challenging time in the past few years. Economic crisis in the oil patch, devastating fire and flood, and a slow response to Covid immunization have all contributed to a big spike in alcohol and drug abuse, and depression.
But the resi...
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Boat Builders
Metis carpenters first came to the Peace Country to build scows, sometimes known as York Boats, to carry food and trade goods up and down the mighty Athabasca River.
Now the McMurray Metis are building a new cultural centre, complete with traditional gardens with medicinal herbs and vegetables. A...
