Fort McMurray Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 11 May 2016 23:51:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Fort McMurray Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Canadians Helping People Of Fort McMurray https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/05/11/canadians-helping-people-fort-mcmurray/ Wed, 11 May 2016 23:51:13 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15509 Many people across Canada are helping the residents of Fort McMurray.
There have been many stories of courage and compassion towards the city and the people who come from there.
On May 1, a wildfire started in a forest near the Alberta town of Fort McMurray. Within two days, the fire grew larger and the people who lived in Fort McMurray had to leave their homes.

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]]> Neil Young Speaks Out Against “Oil Sands” In CBC Radio Interview https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/01/14/1-neil-young-speaks-oil-sands-cbc-radio-interview/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/01/14/1-neil-young-speaks-oil-sands-cbc-radio-interview/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:35:00 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12019 Neil Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is internationally famous.

He has been called “one of the most important figures in rock music.”

In 2009, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Young is an activist and many of his songs are political.

Now, Young is doing a four-city tour of Canada to protest what he feels is massive damage to the environment being done in the oil sands in Alberta.

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