[Ost-news] Scenes From the Tar Wars

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Scenes From the Tar Wars 

NEWS: As Canada scrambles to dig up some of the world's dirtiest oil, a bush doctor  
tracks mysterious diseases, poisoned rivers, and shattered lives. 

By Josh Harkinson 

May/June 2008 Issue 

At a small airport in the northern Alberta town of Fort McMurray, a rickety,  
single-engine Cessna hurtles off the ground with a roar. Dr. John O'Connor ignores  
the shuddering fuselage, the tail wiggle, the steep climb above the spruce trees at  
the end of the runway. For O'Connor, a bush doctor who has tended to some of

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