![]() ![]() ![]() Where are the witty non-sequiturs and laugh-out-loud comments here, one might ask. Those familiar with the Canadian artist’s hilarious debut Hark! A Vagrant, will vividly recall her skewering of historical and literary figures, from Sherlock Holmes and the Brontë sisters to Napoléon Bonaparte and Nancy Drew. On the surface, then, it seems like the type of subject completely at odds with what one would expect Kate Beaton to focus on. There are supposed exposés about the boom town’s debauchery and excessive living, for instance, as well as lengthy studies on substance abuse and crime that often come into play whenever large sums of money and a floating, global workforce collide. ![]() Conversations about this industry have always been difficult, given not just the sheer amount of capital involved, and what that means for companies and employees working on these oil fields, but because of the larger implications related to energy and the environment.Ī simple Google search yields all kinds of contradictory information about this part of the world. A distressing report on the world’s third-largest oil reserves, it painted a picture that was radically at odds with Canada’s statements on climate change abroad. “The world’s most destructive oil operation.” That is the description National Geographic went with for a 2019 profile of Alberta’s oil sands region north of Fort McMurray. ![]()
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