Sunday at the Plaza Theatre, a sold-out crowd of about 300 (with
about 40 turned away at the door), packed the old movie house to watch a
debate on the oilsands between Nikiforuk, the author of tar Sands:
Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, and Levant, the author of
Ethical Oil. It was hosted (or refereed) by CBC morning man Jim Brown, who
provided Michael Buffer-like basso profundo to the proceedings, in
addition to his genial, witty presence. (I have expected him to announce
the combatants’s weights and then to say, “Let’s get ready to
rummmmmmmble!”) Read more of Clagary Herald article here