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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
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 The Government of Saskatchewan is working to identify barriers Indigenous people face when seeking employment in the resource sector. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
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
New agreement means SRC expects to produce 400 tonnes of rare earths annually
The Saskatchewan Research Council is expecting to produce 400 tonnes of rare earth metals each year, starting in 2025. The announcement comes after the council signed a five-year agreement in principl...
Apr 15, 2024 Rare earth minerals produced at the Saskatchewan Research Council's processing facility. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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