In Ontario, a battle is brewing over a remote mining region, about 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay. The outcome could forever change the face of northern Ontario — and possibly the planet.Harry Wabasse’s home in Webequie First Nation is near the Ring of Fire — a 5,000-square-kilometre mineral deposit rich with the metals needed to build clean technologies. For years, the provincial government has been trying to build a road to the region and open the Ring of Fire up to mining.A road could improve life in Webequie First Nation, and help the nation pursue economic...
A firefighter’s wife and a corporate lawyer in different parts of the U.S. get pulled into solving separate mysteries. Something was making cows die and deer hemorrhage to death in West Virginia. That same something could also be giving firefighters cancer — all over the country.
When the lawyer...
Published 03/19/24
As members of some Treaty Nine First Nations take a stand against mining, Kate Kempton is preparing for court — to challenge who makes decisions about land use in the north.
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Published 02/13/24