Exploring Theme: "Specific Industry Environmental Issues"

APTN News: The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is taking the province and Manitoba Hydro to court over their long-term treatment of Lake Winnipeg, traditionally known as Weeniibiikiisagaygun. On Thursday, the SCO, along with four water protectors, filed a Statement of Claim seeking Charter Rights for Lake Winnipeg. They’re demanding the lake – which serves many...

Indigenous and remote communities will bear the long-lasting ecological, social and cultural impacts of mining. This cannot be ignored. NationTalk: Policy Options – Canada has followed the lead of many countries recently by adopting policies and measures to promote rapid development of its value chain for domestic critical minerals essential in clean energy technology.  Climate change, geopolitical and economic turmoil are...

By Emilie Cameron, Rosemary Collard & Jessica Dempsey | Opinion | Canada’s National Observer: OPINION – Canada is positioning itself as a global destination for critical mineral extraction. Are we willing to destroy caribou herds and trample on Indigenous rights to do it? Barnabas Davoti/Pexels Listen to article The 2024 federal budget bolsters Canada’s ambitions to be a global supplier of critical minerals....

An In-depth exploration into the timeline and approval of the silica sand mine. APTN News: People who are opposing a silica mine in Hollow Water First Nation say they have a petition with 6,000 names on it who want the project stopped. A land protector group in opposition to the mine said they still haven’t...