15+ hour, 35+ min ago  (339+ words) Amnesty International is denouncing the inaction of the governments of Canada and the provinces in addressing the housing shortage that has plagued Indigenous communities for decades." "The life stories of people living in Manawan show that adequate housing standards are…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (97+ words) Preventing metal shortages through 'technological flexibility'Canada's National Observer Strong demand for dozens of metals One data centre or one million homes? Mapping Ontario's proposed hyperscaler boom Canadian LNG out of step with Europe's clean energy shift: EU official Poilievre pitched…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1107+ words) Canada's sharpening focus on Arctic sovereignty and the push to build hyperscale datacentres across western provinces could significantly speed up'development of the country's vast, untapped geothermal energy resources, according to new modelling.' Geothermal's economics are improving rapidly as technological advances…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (578+ words) After decades burdened by oil spills and environmental damage, an Alberta First Nation is pushing back " not against resource development, but for a fair share of industry profits to restore land scarred by these projects. Whitefish Lake First Nation, situated…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (155+ words) The Alberta government says it will begin creating standards for releasing treated oil tailings into the environment. Creating release standards is one of four policy recommendations pitched by a government-appointed committee tasked with studying tailings management options. Tailings are mixtures…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago  (867+ words) Three Canadian critical mineral sector companies have signed deals in Germany as part of a joint declaration of intent between the two governments, aimed at deepening co-operation to supply materials key to industries ranging from renewable energy to defence, EVs…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (647+ words) The Quebec government is trying to ease rising tensions between forestry workers and Indigenous protesters who oppose a new bill they say threatens their way of life." Natural Resources Minister Ma't" Blanchette V"zina and Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafreni're…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1759+ words) This summer, zinc from a northern Manitoba mine will travel the Hudson Bay Railway to the sub-arctic port at Churchill, where it will be shipped through a mostly ice-free Hudson Strait to a refinery in Belgium." The mine-to-refinery passage will…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (430+ words) The BC Supreme Court has rejected a First Nation's legal challenge against the government's approval for Imperial Metals to raise the Mount Polley Mine tailings dam by four metres, a ruling delivered during the anniversary week of the catastrophic 2014 breach....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (660+ words) An Ontario First Nation that has worked toward road access to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire on its traditional territory is now asking the courts to prevent the provincial and federal governments from mineral development in the region. Marten Falls…...