1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (360+ words) WHITE RIVER — There’s a bidding war among rival Australian mining companies for Vault Minerals, owners of the Sugar Zone mine north of White River. After a planned merger announced in May between Vault and Regis Resources in an all-stock deal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (503+ words) WAWA — A gold exploration outfit and a drilling company were fined a total of $210,000, stemming from a summer 2023 accident that resulted in the death of a driller foreperson. A provincial news release said a foreperson with G4 Drilling was killed after…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (730+ words) SUDBURY — After 30 years working underground, mine surveyor Eulogio “Bot” Gutierrez was just six months away from retirement when he was killed in an incident at Hemlo's Williams Mine near Marathon in northwestern Ontario. On Nov. 17, 2017, Bot was mapping a drift…...

4+ mon, 26+ min ago  (390+ words) EABAMETOONG — This remote First Nation has begun “a new chapter in its relationship with the province,” according to a news release it issued on Wednesday. Eabametoong First Nation and Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford have reached “an agreement to provide…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (668+ words) TORONTO — “The bulldozing language needs to stop.” Former Neskantaga First Nation Chief Wayne Moonias told a Monday afternoon press conference that the remote First Nation still hasn’t given any consent to Ring of Fire area development and continues to be…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (467+ words) NESKANTAGA — The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has decided not to conduct an assessment of the Eagle’s Nest mine project in the Ring of Fire, and at least one First Nation chief in the region is unhappy with the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (435+ words) MineConnect is receiving more than $1 million to help teach more youth about the benefits of working in the mining industry. The province’s Ministry of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation is providing $1.5 million over three years to support the…...

5+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (519+ words) THUNDER BAY — The provincial and federal “Bill 5s” are undermining Indigenous governance and treaty rights, political scientist Ryan Fleming says. They “treat Indigenous rights as an issue to navigate around” rather than a promise to be honoured, he told Newswatch after…...