Murray Wood: Western separation talk borders on the absurd
Western separation isn't new, as Murray Wood reminds us. From fringe parties in the 1980s to bizarre border ideas today,...
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Residents against graphite mine fear powering Pentagon, environmental ruin
MONTREAL - In Quebec's Laurentians region, a few kilometres from a wildlife reserve and just outside the town of Duhamel, lies a source of one of the world's most sought after minerals for manufacturi...
Jun 09, 2024
Ranchers turn to top Alberta court in hopes of blocking Rockies open-pit coal mine
A group of southern Alberta ranchers are turning to the province's top court in a final bid to block applications for coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains. Ron Davis, reeve of the Municipal Distric...
Jun 05, 2024
Alberta municipality appeals regulator's decision to accept coal exploration
An Alberta ranching community is fighting a planned hearing on proposed coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains, saying the province's arm's-length energy regulator shouldn't have heeded a letter from...
Jun 03, 2024
Sask. invests $10 million in geoscience initiative to boost mining industry
More money is going to support the mining industry in Saskatchewan. The province is providing $10 million over the next 10 years to the Saskatchewan Geological Survey's Public Geoscience Initiative. I...
May 13, 2024 Rows of stored mineral core, at the Saskatchewan Subsurface Geological Lab in Regina. (Abby Zieverink/980 CJME)
B.C. halts new jade mining in northwest, five-year transition for existing operations
VICTORIA - British Columbia has prohibited mining activities on new jade tenures in the northwest, while setting a five-year wind-down period for existing operators. A statement from the Ministry of E...
May 10, 2024
Environment commissioner says liability for northern contaminated sites growing
Ottawa's slow progress to remediate contaminated sites in the North is leaving Indigenous Peoples at risk and raising the government's own financial liability for the polluted areas, environment commi...
Apr 30, 2024
Province works to break down barriers for Indigenous resource workers
The Government of Saskatchewan is working to identify and remove barriers for Indigenous people aiming to work in the natural resource sector. On Monday, the province announced a new partnership with ...
Apr 29, 2024
Alberta to appeal ruling ordering release of documents on coal mining in Rockies
EDMONTON - Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains, said the lawyer for ranchers seeking the information. ...
Apr 25, 2024
First Quantum preparing for post-election talks in Panama
TORONTO - First Quantum is preparing for post-election negotiations in Panama in the hopes a solution can be reached for its currently shuttered Cobre Panama mine, said chief executive Tristan Pascall...
Apr 24, 2024
Government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning
EDMONTON - Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative Party government was talking with the coal industry about relaxing a policy that protected the R...
Apr 16, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 18
Evan checks in with Premier Scott Moe. Then it's open phones, Bugs 'n Hugs, Eatin' Time, and Green & White Progs. We...