This tree planter at a Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray makes $0.12 per tree. The vegetation specialist on our tour said he has to plant about 2,000 of them daily. July 2012
A worker walks past a Caterpillar 797 heavy hauler at a Syncrude Canada machine shop north of Fort McMurray on Tuesday August 15, 2017. 
Suncor Energy's base plant with upgraders north of Fort McMurray, Alta. on Wednesday September 27, 2017.
Traffic at Suncor's base plant, located north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on Wednesday September 27, 2017. Vince Mcdermott/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network
Syncrude Canada's base plant is seen from the Sandhills Fen, which was once the site of an open-pit mine and then a tailings pond, located north of Fort McMurray, Alta. on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Vincent McDermott/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Net
Syncrude Canada's base plant, located north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on Tuesday August 15, 2017. 
A garage at a Suncor site north of Fort McMurray. July 2014
In and out of a Suncor mine north of Fort McMurray. July 2014
A former tailings pond, with a Syncrude upgrader in the background. July 2015
Syncrude workers in a recovery boat north of Fort McMurray. July 2015
Aaron Cook of Aetos Group Inc. shows off a drone to clients at the Oil Sands Trade Show. September 2015
Spotted at Syncrude's Beaver Creek Wood Bison Ranch. The ranch is built on a reclaimed open pit mine north of Fort McMurray and near an active upgrader. August 2015
Crosses dot Highway 63, the 240-kilometre stretch linking Fort McMurray to the rest of the province. As the population swelled, governments struggled to keep pace. The highway remains a monument to bad government planning and foresight. July 2014
A worker at Nexen's Long Lake project rests near a plastic eagle at the site of a pipeline spill. The plastic eagle acts like a scarecrow, scaring birds and smaller animals away from the spill site. July 2015
Crews work to clean and contain a pipeline spill at Nexen's Long Lake project. July 2015
A protester adjusts his mask during the Tar Sands Healing Walk. A former tailings pond is in the background. July 2014
Flashing the peace sign near Syncrude, north of Fort McMurray, during the Tar Sands Healing Walk. July 2014
Before and after shots of a former Syncrude open pit mine. July 2012
Oil workers at Cenovus' Christina Lake facility, south of Fort McMurray. July 2012
Workers walk past gravity separators at Cenovus' Christina Lake facility. July 2012
Life goes on at Christina Lake. July 2012
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