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A look at the contamination and cleanup of N.W.T.'s Giant Mine
YELLOWKNIFE — Cleanup on one of the biggest environmental messes in Canadian history is underway at the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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Adapting to climate change faster will save Canada billions, new analysis says
OTTAWA — Canadians will see lower incomes and a choice between higher taxes or fewer government services if there isn't more effort to adapt to the changing climate, a new report from The Canadian Climate Institute warns.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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Gold, arsenic and murder: A look at the complex history of N.W.T.'s Giant Mine
YELLOWKNIFE — A team working to address environmental and health effects from a former gold mine outside Yellowknife has provided an update on the effort to clean up one of the most contaminated places in Canada.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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'Every one of us was a Mahsa': Iranians in Canada cut hair at women's rights rallies
OTTAWA — Azin Rezaeian kneels on the ground and screams "Say her name" each time she snips off a chunk of her long black hair.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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Big numbers: Remediation of Giant Mine a cleanup on a vast scale
YELLOWKNIFE — The scale of the cleanup required at the Giant Mine almost beggars belief. Eight open mine pits. Six tailings ponds. About 100 buildings, many laced with asbestos. Untold tonnes of rusting scrap.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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Front companies being used to launder illicit cannabis cash: intelligence agency
OTTAWA — Canada’s financial intelligence agency says a wide range of businesses — from food wholesalers to electronics repair services — are being used to disguise the proceeds of illicit cannabis operations.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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'Contaminated': $1-billion cleanup underway at notorious N.W.T. gold mine
YELLOWKNIFE — Just outside this northern capital, on a small hill within eyeshot of its skyline, sit 365 sea cans sealed off behind a high wire fence, the surrounding roads regularly watered to settle dust.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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Quebec's 'post-COVID' election campaign has few mentions of deaths, emergency powers
MONTREAL — The French phrase "bain de foule" appears regularly on the agendas of Quebec's major party leaders during the provincial election campaign.
Sep 28, 2022 2:00 AM
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In wheelchairs and walkers, Victoria seniors stage protest for park space
VICTORIA — About 100 seniors, some more than 90 years old, staged a protest in Victoria Tuesday calling for a vacant school field to be transformed into an elder-friendly neighbourhood park.
Sep 27, 2022 6:09 PM
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Lawyer for First Nation says goal of B.C. land claim case is reconciliation
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for the Nuchatlaht First Nation, which is fighting for title to part of Nootka Island in British Columbia, has told a court that the underlying objective of the proceeding is reconciliation.
Sep 27, 2022 4:43 PM
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