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    Arabasca Oil Co?

    Athabasca Oil Corp. is in talks with at least one other Canadian oil and gas company to expand an oil sands joint venture planned with Kuwait Petroleum Corp. According to people familiar with the discussions, Calgary-based Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. is seeking to transfer a large portion of...
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    Pot-smoking driver in Saskatoon deemed not impaired

    Judge says ability to walk heel-to-toe not related to ability to drive A woman who admitted to using marijuana before getting into her car has been acquitted of impaired driving, with the Saskatoon judge saying he was not convinced her ability to operate a vehicle was affected. The case...
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    From the WTF files....Our Two Tiered Legal System.

    Edmonton cop with alcohol in blood gets absolute discharge An off-duty Edmonton police officer who was caught driving with alcohol in her blood in Saskatchewan was able to walk out of court without a criminal record. Sgt. Cheryl Wallin had open alcohol in her SUV and a blood alcohol level...
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    How could he miss it?
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    There will always be change. That is a given but they are specific in ways it is varying. I'm not trying to stick up for krakto. He saw the corner long before opening the can of paint.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    When they were alive my elders (peeps) would talk about how the climate changed 78 years ago..... and how it changed back..
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    It was the crusades and they had to tithe the church which left them short and they left Greenland. Today we'll have to tithe to the dirt worshipping heathens.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    Green enough to be called Greenland. Really green pastures to raise cattle. hay crops wheat, barley and flax. Erik the Red had it pretty good.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    I have cores that have shown far far far worse things dating back a mere 1.65Billion years. Footie prints are nothing. They come and go. When there are carbon fingerprints I'll jump on board the AGW bandwagon.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    The F word....say it isn't so.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    Forever plus a day if you have anger issues.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    I wonder if they were talked into buying refrigerators out of fear?
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    Personallty I'd go with Norwegian. When it comes to offshore semi submersiibles in Arctic water nobody has them beat,.
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    Adaptation to climate change

    How long have you been farming? If you were a producer you'd know that fuel is by far the biggest input cost of agriculture. Toss a 10% tax on fuels and things skyrocket
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    Adaptation to climate change

    Thanks to BC Carbon taxes, input and delivery cost are over the top, then if you throw in the cost of irrigation permits it's really ****ed. Russets are $18.99 for a 50lb box in SK.
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    Adaptation to climate change

    There is no money in potatoes.
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    Adaptation to climate change

    Great idea but you're not the first. Wheat started as a perennial and that trait is being brought back but with far higher yeilds and the capability of two harvest a year without having to replant every spring or fall. HOORAY FOR CROP SCIENCES!
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    Adaptation to climate change

    The crop of the past will be the crop of the future and it grows well hot/dry or cold/damp. 10 Reasons to eat Buckwheat Buckwheat is very nutritious, it can be served as an alternative to rice or porridge. Buckwheat is not actually a cereal grain but a fruit seed related to rhubarb and...
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    Adaptation to climate change

    IF (and it's one **** of a big IF) global warming gets out of hand we'll see floods rather than droughts but you keep denying that.