The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Yukon mine poses environmental risk decades after being remediated under federal watch https://thenarwhal.ca/environmental-risk-yukon-mine-federal-remediation/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:40:08 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21999 Territorial government now on the hook for proper clean up of Wellgreen site before toxic metals leach into ground and surface water Julien Gignac News mining remediation water yukon Yukon University launches study into native plant use for mine remediation https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-university-plant-mine-remediation-coffee-gold/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 22:25:04 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20131 New research project seeks to build better understanding of how locally grown plants can best be used to reclaim disturbed lands — and it could be good for the environment and the economy Julien Gignac News Coffee Gold Indigenous mining remediation solutions yukon Yukon University native plant mine remediation This Yukon First Nation wants to use native plants to help remediate abandoned mine sites https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-first-nation-native-plants-remediate-abandoned-mine-sites/ Sat, 13 Jun 2020 15:30:42 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=19575 'We want to return our lands back to what they were' Julien Gignac News Indigenous mining remediation yukon ‘A contaminated mess’: how a Yukon mine left behind a $35-million clean-up bill https://thenarwhal.ca/contaminated-mess-how-yukon-mine-left-behind-35-million-bill/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:20:27 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=19476 The territorial government is on the hook to clean up the Wolverine mine after its owner went bankrupt. A system in place to secure funds for remediation throughout a mine’s life should have prevented this scenario, but it didn’t — and that doesn’t bode well for future mine clean-ups Julien Gignac In-Depth mining remediation yukon Yukon Zinc Wolverine mine reclamation Canada’s northern ‘zombie mines’ are a lingering multi-billion dollar problem https://thenarwhal.ca/canadas-northern-zombie-mines-lingering-multi-billion-dollar-problem/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:59:15 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8613 Experts examine subterranean snot, philosophize about how to warn future civilizations away from buried arsenic and prepare for future floods — all as part of a $2.37 billion remediation program you are paying for Jimmy Thomson In-Depth arsenic environmental law Giant Mine gold mining northern contaminated sites program remediation water It’s Still Unclear How Alberta’s Tailings Will Be Cleaned Up Or Who Will Pay For It https://thenarwhal.ca/it-s-still-unclear-how-alberta-s-tailings-will-be-cleaned-or-who-will-pay-it/ Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:21:44 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/04/21/it-s-still-unclear-how-alberta-s-tailings-will-be-cleaned-or-who-will-pay-it/ James Wilt In-Depth Alberta alberta energy regulator Cleanup In-Depth Martin Olszynski oilsands pembina institute remediation tailings ponds tar sands One Year In, Likely Residents Remain Frustrated with Superficial Cleanup of Mount Polley Mine Spill https://thenarwhal.ca/one-year-likely-residents-remain-frustrated-superficial-cleanup-mount-polley-mine-spill/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 23:03:21 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/08/04/one-year-likely-residents-remain-frustrated-superficial-cleanup-mount-polley-mine-spill/ Carol Linnitt B.C. bear whisperer Cleanup Disaster Gary Zorn Hazeltine Creek Imperial Metals Likely Mary Polak mining Mount Polley Mount Polley Mine Mount Polley mine spill Peggy Zorn Quesnel Lake remediation Richard Holmes tailings pond water