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Ft. Chip Residents, Activists Protest Oilsands Intrusion

Don Narine, from Regina, chants as he helps carry a banner during a rally in downtown Edmonton yesterday protesting the 'dramatic devastation' caused by Alberta's oilsands industry. (Amber Bracken, Sun Media)

Mike Mercredi is ready to fight what he calls the "slow industrial genocide" that oil companies are waging on the people in his hometown of Fort Chipewyan.

Last year there were over 20 deaths in the community of 1,200 people. Many were cancer-related deaths, which Mercredi said are linked to the oilsands activities in nearby Fort McMurray.

"Let's put a lid on it and slow things down," he said. "The graveyard is getting full."

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