The great Alberta oil rush

Canada is a modest and unassuming place when compared with its great big neighbour to the south. But now it has plenty to boast about: world-beating oil reserves in Alberta which are finally being brought into production after decades of talk.

A recent recalculation has revealed that the amount of oil buried underneath the ground in Northern Alberta was not millions of barrels – but trillions. Only Saudi Arabia has bigger reserves.

More at the BBC.