Beginning of Story Content Environmental monitoring in the Alberta oilsands is insufficient and needs to have "rigorous scientific design and execution" to be effective, a provincially-appointed expert panel concluded in a report released Tuesday.

Beginning of Story Content Humans, not wolves, are behind declining caribou populations in Alberta's oilsands region, an analysis of animal feces shows. The same research also found there may be many more caribou in the region than previously thought,

Alberta’s land use plan for the lower Athabasca River region favours oilsands development over conservation, say First Nations leaders.