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Canada's major projects: How a geologist discovered a deposit of what "everybody wanted to sell'
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (1088+ words) Lu Fan is a 2025 Sachedina / CTV News fellow. This is part two of a two-part series on the graphite mine in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Que. Find part one here. SAINT-MICHEL-DES-SAINTS, Que. - It's been more than a decade since geologist Antoine Cloutier made…...
Canada's major projects: Quebec's graphite mine
17+ hour, 38+ min ago (169+ words) CP24 Canada's major projects: Quebec's graphite mine 2025 Sachedina / CTV News fellow Lu Fan provides a first-hand look at the future site of what could be the largest graphite mine in the G7. Toronto police chief addresses allegations against officers charged in Spain…...
Explosion traps 12 in a Colombian coal mine
2+ week, 2+ day ago (170+ words) BOGOTA, Colombia " At least twelve miners are trapped inside a coal mine in central Colombia, officials said Monday night, following an explosion that authorities attributed to the accumulation of gases. Jorge Emilio Rey, the governor of Colombia's Cundinamarca province said…...
CTV National News: Shuttered Alberta coal mine causing long-term pollution: study
3+ week, 5+ day ago (163+ words) CP24 CTV National News: Shuttered Alberta coal mine causing long-term pollution: study Kathy Le has more on the growing concerns after a new study found toxic levels of selenium in fish cause by long-term pollution from Alberta coal mines. Police urge…...
Legacy coal mines tied to toxic selenium levels in Alberta lake, as legal pressure mounts for cleanup
3+ week, 6+ day ago (825+ words) A recently published scientific study is raising fresh concerns about the long-term environmental impacts of coal mining in Western Canada, finding that pollution from a mine closed decades ago continues to contaminate fish in an Alberta lake and could threaten…...
9 silver miners abducted in Mexico confirmed dead, B. C. -based company says
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (307+ words) Nine of 10 workers abducted from a work site in Mexico's Sinaloa state have been found dead, a Vancouver-based mining company confirmed Monday. Viszla Silver posted an update online, saying the investigation into a still-missing tenth worker is ongoing. "This is…...
Ring of Fire roads to be complete by 2031, ahead of schedule: Ford
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1190+ words) Construction on the roads to the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario should start this year and be completed by 2031, the province announced Monday about a project that has divided several First Nations. Premier Doug Ford said construction will begin…...
Canadian mining firm says bodies of abducted workers found
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) Canadian mining company Vizsla Silver confirmed on Monday that some of the workers who were abducted from the company's project site in Mexico have been found dead. Ten workers were taken last month from the Vancouver-based company's mine site near…...
Canadian road salt is being shipped to the U. S. while Ontario municipalities run low
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (653+ words) Goderich, Ont. is home to the world's largest underground salt mine, and yet Ontario municipalities are grappling with dwindling supplies of this essential winter commodity. London, Ont. has declared "operational adjustments" to preserve its remaining salt stock. East of Toronto,…...
Ontario set to begin building road to the Ring of Fire
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1058+ words) Ontario is set to begin building the road to the Ring of Fire, Ontario Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford announced Wednesday. The province is investing nearly $62 million in Geraldton, Ont. , to rebuild several segments of existing road that will serve…...