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April 8, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Enbridge Scoops Up Western Canada's Largest Wind Farm TORONTO - Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) and a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles have teamed up to buy the Blackspring Ridge wind generation project near Lethbridge, Alta., on a 50-50 basis from Greengate Power Corp.  Continue reading... Britain's 'Iron Lady' Dead One In Four Nurses Wouldn't Recommend Their Own Hospital WATCH: Emotional Reunion For Heroic River Rescuers Sh*t Edmonton Police Officers Say The Top Earning Oil And Gas CEOs Are.. Killer Mom To Be Deported To Australia 'All I Could Do Was Cry For My Mixed Race Children' LOOK: Creative Ways To Repurpose Your Old Ski Gear First Major Canadian Grocer To Make This Landmark Move NICK FILLMORE How Should We Really Remember Ralph Klein? No matter how rude or insulting Klein became, he also was a darling of the mainstream media. When a drunken Premier berated poor unemployed men at midnight at a homeless shelter, telling them to get jobs and throwing money at them, he was forgiven by media and right-wingers because, well, it was Ralph and that's just the way he was. However, the homeless shelter incident is a clear sign of how the establishment and its' media viewed the plight of the poor with indifference. Continue reading... MARK MILKE Ralph Klein's Legacy: Family-Friendly Policies and a $44-Billion Fiscal Turnaround With Ralph Klein's passing, many have tried to find a constant theme in his political life. The late premier was, to be sure, a populist. What else explains his reputation as a big spender when mayor of Calgary and then his switch to a prudent premier? Continue reading... BENJAMIN MORRIS Redford Tells Albertans Corporatism is More Important Than Education The Redford government gave Shell, $745 million back in 2012 to build the Quest CCS plant outside Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. At a time when our budget is operating under a deficit, the Premier is spending our taxpayer money to prop up billion-dollar corporations. That is what we call old fashion crony capitalism. Continue reading... TERESA FALK Aggie Days: Now With More Exciting Displays! Among other amazing exhibits, the mama goats recently had their babies so the little kids (baby goats) will only be about a month old when they make their first appearance at Aggie Days. They are too cute to miss. Continue reading... DESMOG CANADA The Tar Sands Tax Loophole Costing Citizens A tax loophole exempting tar sands pipeline operators from paying an eight-cent tax per barrel of oil they transport in the U.S. is costing the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund millions of dollars every year. With expected increases in tar sands oil production over the next five years, this loophole may have deprived U.S. citizens of $400-million dollars worth of critical oil-spill protection funds come 2017. Regardless of how many barrels of tar sands oil will be traversing U.S. soil, none should be exempt from spill liability taxes. If anything, corrosive diluted bitumen should be taxed more for the inherent dangers it presents. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.