Alberta premier awaits invitation to oilsands-area hamlet
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edmontonjournal.com
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Mon, 2011-01-17EDMONTON — Nearly three months after Premier Ed Stelmach publicly promised to visit Fort Chipewyan, he has take no steps to visit the remote Alberta hamlet.
In late October, Stelmach promised to visit the community where some residents insist they are being poisoned by oilsands contaminants.
He made the promise after a group of university students held a press conference to present him with a round-trip ticket.
Stelmach spokesman Jerry Bellikka said Monday that Stelmach has not yet arranged to fly to Fort Chipewyan in part because he has not been invited.
“We haven’t arranged a visit yet,” he said. “We haven’t been invited.”
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