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B.C. Mine Approvals ‘Too Much, Too Fast’ According to Alaskans Downstream
B.C.’s approval of a new mine in a transboundary watershed has added fuel to simmering Alaskan anger about the province’s surge of mine development adjacent to the southeast Alaska border.The province...
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Alaskans to Commemorate Anniversary of Mount Polley Mine Disaster as Similar...
One year after 24 million cubic metres of mine sludge and water swept into rivers and lakes below Imperial Metal’s Mount Polley mine in B.C., Southeast Alaskans will gather to commemorate the tailings...
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B.C. First Nations and Alaskan Natives Join Forces to Fight Border Mines
A powerful alliance of B.C. First Nations and Southeast Alaska natives has been forged in the aftermath of the Mount Polley dam collapse and tribes, who have not worked together for generations, are...
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Alaskan Tourism Operators at Mercy of Canadian Mining Regulations
Smooth lumps of translucent blue ice float alongside rock-encrusted icebergs that have broken from Shakes Glacier before drifting into the Stikine River.There is little trace of the heavy hand of human...
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Living Downstream of B.C.’s Gold Rush: Alaska’s Fishermen Fear End of ‘Last...
No fish in the car, warned the rental car attendant at Juneau airport, with the weary tone of someone who had cleaned too many fish guts out of returned vehicles. It was a warning underlined by signs...
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B.C. Minister Bennett’s Visit Fails to Ease Alaskans’ Mining Concerns
Promises of a closer relationship between B.C. and Alaska and more consultation on B.C. mine applications are a good start, but, so far, Southeast Alaska has no more guarantees that those mines will...
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Trust, Social Licence and Spin: A Tale of Two Countries
When B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett visited Southeast Alaska this summer, his aim was to calm critics of the province’s aggressive push to build at least 10 mines in northwest British...
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Alaskans and British Columbians Want More Environmental Protection from...
British Columbians share the concerns of Alaskans about risks to the environment from mining operations and most want to see tougher mining laws and regulations in B.C., according to two polls released...
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New B.C. $5.4 Billion Gold and Copper Mine Will Improve Water Quality in...
Water quality in a tributary of one of Southeast Alaska’s prime salmon rivers will improve once a new mine opens on the B.C. side of the border according to spokesmen for Seabridge Gold Inc, the...
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Cross-Border Agreement Disappoints Alaskan Fishing and Environmental Groups...
B.C. and Alaska signed a pact Wednesday designed to give Alaskans more say on Canadian mine approvals in transboundary watersheds through a high-level joint working group.The agreement follows an...
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No Fines, No Charges Laid for Mount Polley Mine Disaster
No charges will be laid against the Mount Polley Mine Corporation, owned by Imperial Metals, for the collapse of a tailings impoundment on August 4, 2014, that sent an estimated 24 million cubic metres...
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Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit
The strained relationship between Canada and the U.S. over the last decade was in no small part due to disagreement over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was...
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B.C. Mine Approvals ‘Too Much, Too Fast’ According to Alaskans Downstream
B.C.’s approval of a new mine in a transboundary watershed has added fuel to simmering Alaskan anger about the province’s surge of mine development adjacent to the southeast Alaska border.The province...
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Alaskans to Commemorate Anniversary of Mount Polley Mine Disaster as Similar...
One year after 24 million cubic metres of mine sludge and water swept into rivers and lakes below Imperial Metal’s Mount Polley mine in B.C., Southeast Alaskans will gather to commemorate the tailings...
View ArticleClik here to view.
B.C. First Nations and Alaskan Natives Join Forces to Fight Border Mines
A powerful alliance of B.C. First Nations and Southeast Alaska natives has been forged in the aftermath of the Mount Polley dam collapse and tribes, who have not worked together for generations, are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaskan Tourism Operators at Mercy of Canadian Mining Regulations
Smooth lumps of translucent blue ice float alongside rock-encrusted icebergs that have broken from Shakes Glacier before drifting into the Stikine River.There is little trace of the heavy hand of human...
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Living Downstream of B.C.’s Gold Rush: Alaska’s Fishermen Fear End of ‘Last...
No fish in the car, warned the rental car attendant at Juneau airport, with the weary tone of someone who had cleaned too many fish guts out of returned vehicles. It was a warning underlined by signs...
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B.C. Minister Bennett’s Visit Fails to Ease Alaskans’ Mining Concerns
Promises of a closer relationship between B.C. and Alaska and more consultation on B.C. mine applications are a good start, but, so far, Southeast Alaska has no more guarantees that those mines will...
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Trust, Social Licence and Spin: A Tale of Two Countries
When B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett visited Southeast Alaska this summer, his aim was to calm critics of the province’s aggressive push to build at least 10 mines in northwest British...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaskans and British Columbians Want More Environmental Protection from...
British Columbians share the concerns of Alaskans about risks to the environment from mining operations and most want to see tougher mining laws and regulations in B.C., according to two polls released...
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