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Thursday
Jan192017

Canada: Sabotage Against Alberta Pipeline Costs Company Half a Million

As reported by Democracy Now!:

In more pipeline news, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police say more than a half-million dollars of damage was caused after people sabotaged an oil pipeline under construction in northern Alberta. Authorities say people used heavy machinery to dig up a section of the contested pipeline.

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