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Oil revenues plunge for many Indigenous communities in Western Canada

Considering how much effort the Frog Lake First Nation has spent developing its oil business over the decades, the decision to turn off the taps was especially difficult for the community to make. Still, based on dollars and cents, it was a no-brainer.

Since drilling for oil and natural gas began in the 1970s, the community has been able to use resource revenues to build more than 200 homes on the reserve and offset tuition for hundreds of students who attend college and university.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/finance/topstories/oil-revenues-plunge-for-many-indigenous-communities-in-western-canada/ar-BB14cjId

 

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