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MP Thomas Mulcair

'Fractured Land' depicts First Nations' fight to save land from oil and gas industry

On the outside, northern British Columbia is a beautiful place. Look closer, though, and a different world appears. A much darker world. One of drilling, mercury-infested water and cancer. A place...