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Oilsands operator Syncrude Canada Ltd. has pleaded guilty to a safety violation in the 2021 death of a worker and has been ordered to pay a $390,000 penalty. Syncrude — which is an oilsands joint venture majority-owned by Suncor Energy Inc. — pleaded guilty on April 4 in a Fort McMurray court to one charge under Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Act, for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker. The Syncrude employee was killed on June 6, 2021, at the Aurora mine site 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.  

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Two First Nations are voicing their opposition to the extension of a legacy oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray before the project goes to an energy review next month.

The Athabasca Chipewyan and the Mikisew Cree First Nations have both filed statements of concern for Syncrude's Mildred Lake Extension or MLX. The project goes to a provincial review in January.

Both Nations say they're worried about the amount of water the project will use, hydrocarbon and heavy metal contamination, and the destruction of fish, caribou and moose habitat.

"That area can't sustain another oilsands mine, especially not the way Syncrude treats the land," Allan Adam, chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, said in a news release. "The MLX Project is going to tip the balance, pushing the area beyond the point where it can be restored."

The Alberta Energy Regulator has charged Syncrude Canada in the deaths of 31 great blue herons discovered at a pond at the Mildred Lake mine north of Fort McMurray two years ago.

30 blue herons found dead at Syncrude Mildred Lake site

Syncrude blue heron deaths: A look at 'the royalty of our wetlands'

The company is charged with failing to store a hazardous substance to ensure it does not come into contact or contaminate animals, according to a news release from the regulator. The charges were laid under the Environment Protection and Enhancement Act.

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The Suncor Refinery outside of Fort McMurray with the Syncrude Refinery visible in the background.

Quiconque visite les aires d’opération de Syncrude et Suncor à Fort McMurray en ressort avec l’étrange malaise de vivre un mensonge consenti où les mots eux-mêmes sont pervertis. Sous le prétexte de prouesses techniques et de réalisations d’ingénierie offertes à…

Suncor Energy to Acquire Additional Interest in Syncrude

Suncor announced that it had agreed to acquire a further position in Syncrude, purchasing the five per cent interest from Murphy Oil Corporation’s Canadian subsidiary at a purchase price of approximately $937 million, subject to closing adjustments. The transaction will be effective as of April 1, 2016. Steve Williams, president and chief executive officer, said: “We’re pleased to acquire this…