UN meeting to discuss unauthorized development in Tahltan territory
PRESS RELEASE October 10, 2013 Dease Lake and Vancouver, B.C. – Tahltan will state that Fortune Minerals’ development of an open-pit coal mine on Mount Klappan would be contrary to…
Laurier researchers receive funding for Water Knowledge Application Network
Oct 10/13| For Immediate Release WATERLOO – Permafrost in the Northwest Territories is thawing and the ecosystem is changing. Over the past three years, Wilfrid Laurier University researcher William (Bill) Quinton,…
Danger Ahead For the Ring of Fire
Toronto, October 10, 2013 – Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner warns that the Ontario government is risking irreversible damage to wildlife and wilderness by considering major industrial development in the Far North before…
Another chapter unfolds in CNRL’s oilsands bitumen blowout in Cold Lake, Alberta
Oct. 9, 2013 In a drastic move to contain an on-going and unstoppablebitumen blowout in Cold Lake, Alberta, the province’s department of environment has ordered Canadian Natural Resource Ltd. (CNRL) to drain two…
Victor Diamond Mine Extension Project – Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment
OTTAWA, October 10, 2013 — The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has allocated a total of $86,560 to six applicants to support their participation in the federal environmental assessment of the proposed…
Arctic Futures Symposium: Canada, Arctic Resource Development Tops Brussels Agenda
Brussels, October 7th, 2013: – European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki, Vice-President of the European Parliament Isabelle Durant and Belgium’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign…
Stornoway To Commence Early Construction Of Renard Mine Airport
October 10, 2013 Made Possible by the Expected Completion of the Renard Mine Road Ahead of Schedule and Below Budget Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to announce that owing to…
Sabina Gold & Silver Announces Positive Preliminary Feasibility Study on Back River Gold Project, Nunavut
October 9, 2013 Significant high-grade gold production, at good margins, in a safe Canadian mining jurisdiction Vancouver, BC – Sabina Gold & Silver Corp (SBB.T), (the “Company”) is pleased to…
U of S research points to values and clear direction as essential for land-use plans with First Nations
October 8, 2013 SASKATOON – Governments struggling with land-use plans that balance the values of First Nations, industrial developers, and wilderness lovers, could learn from the cautionary example of the…
Premier Announces Changes to Cabinet
Executive Council October 9, 2013 The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, announced a significant restructuring of her Cabinet today. The following Ministers have taken on new portfolios…
