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12TuesdayJuly92013EnvironmentOilsands13071AA0EnsuringyourhealthyutureOverthenextfveyearsAlbertaBlueCrosswillinvest1milliontopromoteactivelivingincommunitiesacrossAlberta.Oneothesecommunitiescouldbeyours.Fourgrantsof50000willbeawardedeachyeartogroupsandorganizationsacrossAlbertatosupportprojectsthatpromoteactivelivingandwellnessatacommunitylevel.AsAlbertaslargestbeneftscarrierAlbertaBlueCrossprovidessupplementaryhealthanddentalbeneftstomeettheneedsoover1.6millionAlbertans.Alberta-basedandnot-or-proftweareuniquelyocusedonthehealthandwellnessoAlbertansandarecommittedtothecommunitiesweserve.Learnmoreatwww.ab.bluecross.caINTRODUCINGTHE...HealingwalkbringsrecordnumberofmarchersContinuedfrompage1.AdamcalledthetimingoftheallegedspillwhichfellonthedayoftheHealingWalktragicallyironic.Thisspillisoneofthenum-berofreasonswhywewalkandisanoilyreminderofAlbertasgrowingpipelineandtarsandsproblemhesaid.TheAlbertagovernmentneedstoaddresstheseproblems.Ignoringthemdoesntmakethemgoaway.Hundredsofeldersyouthindigenousleadersandal-liesmarchedalongthebusyhighwaySaturdayafternoonpasttailingspondsupgrad-ersbasecampsminedsec-tionsoflandandreclamationareasofferingprayersforthelandandCreatorinallfourdirectionswiththeongoingleakaconstantreminderofthepurposeofthegatheringthatbroughtpeopleinfromacrossthecontinent.ThisiswhywereallhereDerangersaid.Tostopthistypeofstufffromhappen-ing.Itsabsolutelyimperativethatweallcometogetherandreallyprayforthehealingoftheland.MarchersblameoilforseriesofrecenttragediesItwasnottheonlytragicincidentofthedaytogetat-tentionfromthemarchers.AnotherspilldiscoveredlastThursdaywasalsoreportedbyCrystalLamemanoftheBeaverLakeCreewhoseFirstNationrecentlyembarkedonwhatcouldbeaprecedent-settingcourtcaseagainsttheoilsandsindustryfoundedupontreatyrights.Weactuallygotareportthattherewasatoxictarsandsemulsionleakingintowater-shedsofourtraditionalhuntingterritory.Wevebeenfurthernotiedthatthecleanupcrewsoutthere.ItsnotapipelinespillitsanoilspillofsomesortusingtheCSSextractionprocessandtheyreactuallyuptotheirkneesinthisemul-sionshesaid.Lamemansaiditwasnocoincidencethatthemajor-ityoflastmonthsoodinginsouthernAlbertahitCalgarywherethemajoroilcompaniesheadquartersarestationed.Industrywakeupyourebeingsentamessageshesaid.Thatsourmothershescrying.Thewalkwasalsopref-acedbynewsoftheshockingexplosionsinLac-MeganticQue.causedwhencrudeoilatrainwascarryingcaughtreandresultedinvereportedfatalitiesand40otherpeoplestillmissingasofMondayafternoonwhichhadpeoplepointingngersagainatthesafetyrecordofoiltranspor-tationsystems.OtherspeakersattheHeal-ingWalkeventincluding350.orgfounderBillMcKibbenandauthorNaomiKleintieddevelopmentoftheoilsandstoglobalclimatechangeandin-terpretingdevastatingnaturaldisastersincludingoodinginIndiathatrecentlyclaimedthelivesofthousandsandwildresinArizonathattookthelivesof19reghtersaswarningstheextremecouldbecomethenormifmorebitumenisextractedfromAlbertassoil.Thereareveorsixdepos-itsofcarbonaroundtheworldthatarebigenoughthatifyoudigitupandburnittheresnowaywereevergoingtobeabletobringourclimateundercon-trolandthisisoneofthemMcKibbensaid.Whathap-pensherewilldeterminewhatwillhappenforgenerationsandgenerationstocome...Itwouldbegameoverfortheclimate.Thoughorganizerssaytheevent-attractingarecordnum-berofparticipantsthisyear-isnotaprotestagainstdevelop-mentAdamsaiditisawakeupcallforindustryandgovern-mentofcialstocleanuptheirexistingmesses.Wecannotcontinuethedestructionhappeningonourhomelandwithoutproperen-vironmentalandregulatoryprocessesinplacehesaid.BeaandSmiTarDruEldChildrenfromtheAthabascaChipewyanFirstNationmaskupforthetrippastSyncrudesoilsandsupgraderfacilitiestakingabreaktositonthetailgateofthesupporttruck.DeneNationalChiefBillErasmusmarcheswithdrummersfromtheDeneThaFirstNationinnorthwesternAlberta.ChrisHillfromSixNationsieshisMohawkagsnearoneofSyncrudestailingsponds.AconstantstreamoftrafcfromSyncrudesoilsandsfacilitiesblastsbyasyoungmarcherstrytomaskthemselvesfromthepollution.AthabascaChipewyanFirstNationChiefAllanAdamaddressesthemediaduringapressconferenceatthestartofthefourthannualTarSandsHealingWalkonSaturday.