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Why YOU Should Be Panicked About the Marriott Sheraton Westin Starwood Data Breach

Marriott is down playing this breach as just another data hack that we have all become so used to. However, we already reported in our article Why the Marriott Hotels Starwood Data Breach is a Much Bigger Deal Than Nearly Any Other Hack in History that this breach included far more sensitive information like passport numbers and dates of birth than any other breach but that alone should not be something that keeps you up at night. PartisanIssues.com is not prone to…

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Trans Mountain Image Gallery – From 1950 to 2019

This gallery of images has been collected from old reports, news items and published content from various governments covering the history of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and Expansion from 1950 to 2019. You may also be interested in our Complete Trans Mountain Pipeline and Expansion Timeline from 1947 to 2021. Mouse over any graphic for a description or click any image to enlarge it

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Complete Trans Mountain Pipeline and Expansion Timeline from 1947 to 2021

We spent many hours pouring over old records, press releases and news articles to generate this complete time line of all things Trans Mountain. Many of the entries are linked to specific websites as references. Entries without link were mostly taken from THIS file sourced from the now defunct BCWaters.org site. We also have picture gallery of both old and new Trans Mountain images HERE. 1947 Feb Oil discovered near Leduc (near Edmonton) Alberta 1951 Mar Trans Mountain Pipeline Company Company…

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Alberta Is Cutting As Much Oil Denmark Produces

As you have no doubt heard, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has forced oil production cuts starting at 350,000 barrels per day in January 2019 and hopes to reduce those cuts to 95,000 barrels per day by the end of 2019. We wanted to know how much oil is that so we worked did the calculations. If a country produced as much as Alberta is cutting they would be in the top 40 oil producing nations. We estimate that Alberta will…

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How Much Alberta Oil Will Not Be Produced in 2019 as a Result of the Over Supply and Mandatory Curtailment

Most pundits say that by the end of 2019 the market would clear itself but the Alberta Government wants to clear the over supply and reduce the current massive oil inventories from about 35M barrels to somewhere near it norm of 20M barrels. So in an ideal world, both the 190,000 barrels per day that is being added to current inventory AND 15M extra barrels of oil in storage would all be gone by December 2019. If we drop 1.25M…

Top 10 Things You Need to Know About the Alberta Oil Production Cuts

There is a fair amount of misinformation floating around the oil sector about the oil production cuts that Premier Rachel Notley announced on Dec 2nd 2018. Here are the facts in a simple FAQ format: 1 – Where did the number 325,000 barrels per day come from? Alberta estimates that there is about 35 million barrels in storage in December 2018 and that we are adding 190,000 barrels to that every day so they calculated that cutting 325,000 barrels per…

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Why the Marriott Hotels Starwood Data Breach is a Much Bigger Deal Than Nearly Any Other Hack in History

At first glance, the November 30th 2018 announcement that Marriott Hotels / Starwood had their reservation database hacked and 500 million client records stolen seems like just another data breach that we have all become accustomed to. However the Marriott breach is no run of the mill event, here’s why: 1 – The Marriott breach is the third largest breach in history: Marriott is the owner of some major brands that you likely have had dealing with and those were…

The 20 Largest Data Breaches in History

The 20 Largest Data Breaches In History

Below are the list of 20 largest data breaches in history. Today, Marriott, which is actually Sheraton, Aloft, Westin and many others proudly enters our list at number three. We had intended to research a list of the top 10 data breaches but found that the top 20 was much more thorough and covered nearly all of notable hacks. # Company / Organization Number of Stolen Records Date of Breach Notes & Links 1 Yahoo 3 Billion Aug-13 Almost sunk the…

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How Canada’s Right Wing Provincial Parties Turned Left

How many times can politician cry wolf before the electorate stand up and say, that is not “our way”: Conservatives believe in small government and limited regulation Liberals believe in larger government and substantial regulation or at least they used to: Alberta: United Conservative Party (UCP) Leader Jason Kenny is calling for the Provincial Government to actually step into the private sector and demand oil production cuts. The “right” would say the solution is to increase the royalty rates temporarily…

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Sales Numbers Of The 6 Cars General Motors Is Cancelling In 2019 Tells You Why They Are Cancelled

Below is a list of the of the six cars GM is dropping from production in 2019. All of these products make up just 8% of General Motors’ US sales and if you exclude the Cruze, that number falls to just 3.5%. If you exclude the Cruze and the Impala, the remaining 4 cancelled cars only provide GM with 1.7% of sales. There is a reason the stock market bounced GM up on this news. Do the math, GM is…

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What Can Be Done About the Oshawa General Motors Plant Closing

At first emotional pass it appears that there is little to be done about GM’s announcement they are closing the Oshawa Ontario factory, but there are options and there is work to yet to be done. Here is the list of thing that should be considered and quickly: 1 – Keep Some GM Product in Oshawa: The best case scenario is that GM can be persuaded to continue producing some product in Oshawa. While this is unlikely, it is possible.…

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VIDEO: Why We Need Nuclear Energy Now – Nuclear Energy Positives and Negatives Rationally Explained

If you are worried about the environment you may be surprised to learn that virtually all rational energy environmentalists are pro-nuclear. This is a quite a surprise to many. The reasons are that while Nuclear Reactors have their problems… well, lets stop there. It is much more accurate to say Nuclear Reactors HAD their problems in the past those serious issues are: Outdated. Nearly all of the nuclear reactors in operation today were constructed between 1970 and 1985 and are…

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VIDEO: Canadian Oil Profits & Losses Explained 2017 2018 – Not A Love Story

This short video shows that the price of oil you see on TV is far from what Canadian Oil Producers receive. As a basis for comparison we used Western Canadian Select (aka W.C.S.) which is a blend of several oils that is about 20% lower quality than the North American Standard oil West Texas Intermediate (aka. W.T.I.). If you want more information on what the different types of oil are and what they are worth, see our article: Oil isn’t Oil:…

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VIDEO: Brexit Summary in 5 Minutes Now That A Deal Is On The Table

PartisanIssues.com has taken position that Britain’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) will not actually occur likely because the current Conservative government will fall, forcing an new election in which Brexit is the big issue resulting in British citizens voting to stay in the EU. The main logic to this argument is that the ruling Conservative Party is a minority government that needs the support of a group of non-Conservative Irish MP’s from the Deomocratic Unionist Party that will bring down…

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5 Ways to Fix The Olympics: What Can Be Learned From Calgary Voting Down the 2026 Olympic Winter Games

In recent years the Olympics has had more and more citizens reject the hosting of the event in their city. When Calgary declined this week, it marked the first time in history that a former host city had citizens vote down a new bid. These are troubling times for the Olympic ‘Movement’: bid rigging scandals You really need to skim through THIS giant list of Olympic scandals to feel the baked in scale of Olympic corruption cost overruns on a…

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Funny But True Video: What Is The Cloud & How Can You Keep Your Data Safe In The Real World?

At URTech.ca we are pretty serious about tech and tech these days includes “the cloud”. The problem is that most people really don’t understand what “the cloud” is and so this video will quickly clear up any questions you have: Ok… that was pretty damn funny and is most places “safe for the office” but the question remains of what is the cloud… seriously. The simplest and very correct way to explain “the cloud” is that it is just someone…