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Oil sands and coal exploration operations Historical Resources Act compliance

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This Bulletin is issued to assist oil sands and coal exploration development proponents in ensuring that their projects are compliant with the Historical Resources Act. Under the Act, exploration... More ≫

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This Bulletin is issued to assist oil sands and coal exploration development proponents in ensuring that their projects are compliant with the Historical Resources Act. Under the Act, exploration operations conducted in the Province of Alberta must conform to the procedures outlined in this bulletin.

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Tertiary Hills Clinker in Alberta : a partially fused vesicular toolstone from the Mackenzie Basin of Northwest Territories, Canada

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This article is the first in the Alberta Lithic Reference Project series, the goal of which is to assist the identification of raw materials used for pre-contact stone tools in the province. Each... More ≫

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This article is the first in the Alberta Lithic Reference Project series, the goal of which is to assist the identification of raw materials used for pre-contact stone tools in the province. Each article will focus on one raw material; the current article discusses a partially fused, glassy, vesicular rock that originates in Northwest Territories called Tertiary Hills Clinker (THC). THC appears in archaeological sites in northern and central Alberta. A suite of techniques indicates that it can be geochemically sourced much like obsidian. The accurate identification of THC can reveal significant relationships between occupants of Alberta and the Mackenzie Basin to the north.

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Nuclear power and Alberta : background report

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This report is written so that interested readers can gain an understanding of the issues specifically related to adding nuclear powered plants into the province’s inventory of electricity... More ≫

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This report is written so that interested readers can gain an understanding of the issues specifically related to adding nuclear powered plants into the province’s inventory of electricity generating facilities. the Panel created by Ministerial Order 31/2008, dated May 5, 2008; requested by Honourable Mel Knight, Minister of Energy.

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A coal development policy for Alberta

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The Government of Alberta's overall policy for the development of the province's coal resources is designed to bring and maintain the maximum benefits, now and in the future, to the people of... More ≫

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The Government of Alberta's overall policy for the development of the province's coal resources is designed to bring and maintain the maximum benefits, now and in the future, to the people of Alberta who own this resource. Exploration and development will be encouraged in a manner that is compatible with the environment and at times which will best suit Alberta's economy and labour force.

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Royal Commission on Coal. Submission of the Province of Alberta

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Presents the submission of the Government of Alberta to the Royal Commission on Coal, presented to the commission on April 16, 1945 by the Hon. N. E. Tanner, Minister of Lands and Mines for the province. More ≫

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Presents the submission of the Government of Alberta to the Royal Commission on Coal, presented to the commission on April 16, 1945 by the Hon. N. E. Tanner, Minister of Lands and Mines for the province.

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