The Mordor Diaries
Fort McMurray Bridge over Athabasca River. Kindly shared by Gord McKenna under a Creative Commons license. See the original here.
Tyee reporter Geoff Dembicki's notebook observations while on a four-day visit to Fort McMurray, gateway to Alberta's oil sands.
In This Series
The Mordor Diaries: Rolling into Fort McMurray
In which our reporter visits the slice of suburbia next to Canada's famously toxic, tarry moonscape. First of three.
The Mordor Diaries: 'Are You Going to Slam Our City?'
In which our reporter is made to feel complicit in a media conspiracy against Fort McMurray. Second of three.
The Mordor Diaries: Among the Oil Sands Tourists
In which our reporter pays $36.75 for a Suncor bus tour of the vast pits, and peruses the gift shop. Last in a series.
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