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Neskantaga First Nation, Ontario on October 8, 2022.

Scratch that: feds to rethink Ring of Fire environmental assessment after First Nations criticism

By Emma McIntosh

March 7, 2023 9 min. read

'There is no access to critical minerals in Canada without Indigenous Peoples being at the...

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Federal government has resumed talks with Ontario about the Ring of Fire: document

By Emma McIntosh

Feb. 27, 2023 12 min. read

Internal emails obtained by The Narwhal appear to show a shift in relations between the...

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Federal government moving closer to funding Ring of Fire mining roads: document

By Emma McIntosh

Oct. 25, 2022 8 min. read

An internal briefing document obtained by The Narwhal shows that Ottawa has flagged Ring of...

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Everything you need to know about the push to mine Ontario’s Ring of Fire

By Emma McIntosh

Aug. 2, 2022 15 min. read

The Ontario government wants the Ring of Fire to be a mining hub. But there...

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Four years in, Doug Ford still can’t pay for a mining road to Ontario’s Ring of Fire: internal documents

By Emma McIntosh

May 11, 2022 17 min. read

Building a road to the Ring of Fire is a key 2022 Ontario election priority...

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Miners competing over Ontario’s Ring of Fire have contentious relationships with Indigenous communities in Australia

By Emma McIntosh

Nov. 13, 2021 14 min. read

Wyloo metals and BHP want to take over a small Canadian firm’s holdings in the...

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Could an Indigenous conservation area in Hudson Bay also be the key to saving carbon-rich peatlands?

By Inori Roy

Nov. 6, 2021 13 min. read

The Mushkegowuk Council has been pushing to protect the area in northern Ontario — a...

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Peatlands can fight natural disasters and the climate crisis. Canada needs to stop taking them for granted

By Edward Struzik

Oct. 18, 2021 6 min. read

Canada has more pristine peatland than any other country but is far behind the rest...

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Saskatchewan peat moss mining project faces opposition from Indigenous communities, conservationists

By Michael Bramadat-Willcock

Feb. 18, 2021 7 min. read

A grassroots group in La Ronge, Sask., is hosting an online speaker series to raise...

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