Ontario minister was privately urged to fix ‘high-risk gap’ to avoid mining disaster
Government documents reveal Ontario was warned five years ago that scant regulations around the dams...
These are 11 of B.C.’s most ‘polluting and risky’ mines
Mining is big business in B.C. and it’s an industry that produces a lot of...
‘When is enough enough?’ Downstream from the Kearl oilsands spill, residents grapple with what comes next
An Imperial Oil tailings pond leak — kept quiet for months — has renewed debate...
A visit to Fort Chipewyan as First Nations seek answers on Imperial Oil spills
Amid the fallout from Imperial Oil’s tailings pond spill in northern Alberta, we headed up...
Addressing Alberta’s leaky tailings ponds is Canada’s chance to keep promises to Indigenous Peoples
The tailings ponds in Alberta are growing — and leaking. The feds need to ask...
An Imperial Oil tailings pond has been leaking for nine months
AER has ordered the company to contain the leak and fix the problem at Kearl...
Documents reveal how Alberta oil and gas industry used pandemic to push ‘wish list’
In closed-door meetings with Alberta officials, lobbyists repackaged long-standing requests — on everything from wetland...
A life — and death — in Fort Chipewyan, downstream from the oilsands
A photographer spent years documenti communities downstream of Alberta’s oilsands. Then he was invited to...
B.C. has a growing mine waste problem. The risks could be catastrophic
As the province permits mines to hold more tailings slurry behind ever-growing dams, a new...
