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This past June, when Imperial Oil pleaded guilty to a 5.3-million-litre toxic wastewater leak at its Kearl facility, the ensuing $120,000 penalty was barely a slap on the wrist for a corporate giant that reported $3.2 billion in net profits in 2025.

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This wasn’t the first time either — the Kearl facility was also the source of two toxic tailings spills between May 2022 and February 2023. During that time, downstream communities like Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN)........

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