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Some facts about northern Ontario's massive Ring of Fire mining deposits

Posted on December 26, 2012

Chromium is the Ring of Fire's main claim to fame, but there are also proposals to mine nickel there, and hopes for copper, zinc, gold and palladium.

Fort McMurray healing walk protests oil sands development

Posted on August 5, 2012

A fine dust swirled around George Poitras as he marched with about 200 others along Highway 63 in the third annual Tar Sands Healing Walk near Fort McMurray Saturday.

CNRL faces environmental charges

Posted on May 15, 2012

Alberta has laid three charges against a major oilsands company in connection to the alleged release of hydrogen sulphide gas, a byproduct of bitumen production.

West coast pipeline key to Canada’s interests, economist says

Posted on May 10, 2012

With Alberta’s Western Canadian Select crude trading at $30 a barrel less than world oil prices, Canada must build a new pipeline to the West Coast for the sake of its economic health, says Scotiabank economist Patricia Mohr.

Giant mining machines to descend on Edmonton, Canada, for awareness show

Posted on April 30, 2012

Giant mining machines towering over Churchill Square this week won’t be extracting riches from downtown Edmonton, but are part of an exercise to build awareness of mining’s impact on everyday life.

$72B in lost revenue at stake in B.C. Northern Gateway pipeline

Posted on January 3, 2012

Oil producers could lose $72 billion over nine years if a pipeline to carry Alberta bitumen to the West Coast isn't built, a new report for the Alberta government says as community hearings for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project …

Alberta sees oilsands tours as a way to educate international community

Posted on December 29, 2011

The Alberta government offered a record number of oilsands tours to U.S. politicians, foreign diplomats, international reporters and others in 2011 to help curtail growing criticism.