First Nations-led Ring of Fire report calls for immediate environmental monitoring
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5 min. readFormer Mushkegowuk Grand Chief hopes recommendations for monitoring ‘before any development occurs’ and urgently needed...
Attawapiskat organizers want to join First Nations court case against Ontario’s Bill 5
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Founders of the Okiniwak Indigenous youth movement and Friends of the Attawapiskat River want the...
Ford government moves ahead with plans to access Ring of Fire minerals
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Ontario kicks in $62 million for upgrading roadways in Geraldton, Ont., a small town set...
Ring of Fire road could improve quality of life, but lead to cultural and environmental change: report
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Impacts, as well as hundreds of recommendations, are outlined in an assessment that's years in...
Manitobans rally to oppose proposed new peat mining project
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When peat is mined for horticulture, forests are removed and carbon-storing peatlands are dug up....
The plan to protect an area five times the size of Nova Scotia
In this week’s newsletter, reporter Emma McIntosh talks about a trip to far northern Ontario...
Can these far northern First Nations protect the world’s Breathing Lands?
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On the shores of James and Hudson Bays, the Omushkego Wahkohtowin conservation project is almost...
How a Supreme Court ruling could affect Highway 413, Ontario Place and the Ring of Fire
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After a Supreme Court decision on federal power to review big projects that could cause...
Peatlands are swampy vaults for toxic chemicals. Wildfires are setting those toxins loose
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In areas rich in peat, like those surrounding Alberta's oilsands, wildfires are releasing thousands of...