Yukon

Community monitoring in the Yukon
Friday, November 3, 2000

The MiningWatch Canada small grants fund paid for sampling expenses for the Yukon Conservation Society and Carmacks community members to conduct field investigations and analyse samples at the closed Mt. Nansen mine in the Yukon. The company is now bankrupt and the federal government is responsible for the clean-up. "We were worried about the health of the fish and wildlife in the area, so we sampled the water ourselves," said MiningWatch board member, Sarah Johnnie.

Abandoned Mines, Water, Newsletter 04: Autumn 2000, Yukon
Workshop on Women, Mining and the Environment held in Whitehorse
Friday, November 3, 2000

Gaining Ground: Women, Mining and the Environment was a two-day gathering held at Lake LaBerge, Yukon, September 15-17, 2000. It brought together women from Yukon communities affected by mining and women from elsewhere with experience in the health, science, and social science sectors. The gathering broke new ground in recognizing and understanding the impacts of mining on communities and families, as well as the interrelationship between women, mining, and the environment, and it set clear directions for moving forward.

Newsletter 04: Autumn 2000, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Yukon, Women
Why Ivanhoe Mines is Incorporated in the Yukon: Sanctions and the Taxation of Foreign Mining Investment in Yukon and Canada
Wednesday, September 13, 2000

MiningWatch Canada Backgrounder

1. Sanctions do not include investment. Investment is not included in the sanctions imposed by Canada on Burma in 1997. The sanctions were restricted to imports and exports. According both the First Dynasty and Ivanhoe Mines Annual Information Returns 2000, "the sanctions in their current form do not affect the company's investments in Myanmar". US sanctions include investment.

Burma, Corporate Accountability, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Economics & Taxation, Yukon, Ivanhoe
On the Ground Research: A Workshop to Identify the Research Needs of Communities Affected by Large-Scale Mining
Friday, September 1, 2000

On the Ground Research: A Workshop to Identify the Research Needs of Communities Affected by Large-Scale MiningReport from the Workshop held in Ottawa, April 14-16, 2000.

Canada, INCO in Sulawesi, Water, Africa, Ghana, Lead, Sulawesi, Arsenic, Corporate Accountability, Colombia, Nevada, Anaconda, Asbestos, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Papua New Guinea, Cyanide, Ontario, Philippines, Environmental Planning, Economic Development, Guyana, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Mexico, Peru, Barrick Gold, Gold, Suriname, Battle Mountain, Impact on Communities, Cambior, Cameco, Militarisation, Publications, Uranium, Water and fisheries, World Bank/International Financial Institutions, Goldcorp, Golden Star, Infinito Gold, Newmont, Noranda/Falconbridge, Placer Dome, Teck, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Submission to the Public Hearings on applications by Canadian United Minerals for licences to conduct mineral exploration in Tombstone Park
Monday, May 1, 2000

The applications of Canadian United Minerals for permits under the Quartz Mining Act to explore the "Horn claims" are of national significance. They attack the very basis of aboriginal title and interest. They fly in the face of commitments made by the Honourable Robert Nault to protect parks from mining. Granting these permits would represent a foolish step in terms of sustainable development and planning.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Environmental Planning, Yukon, Parks and Protected Areas
Regional grants program announced
Wednesday, February 23, 2000

MiningWatch Canada has initiated a small regional grants program. The goal of the program is to strengthen the capacity of people in communities affected by mining activities to assert their needs and rights. We will fund travel and exchange between community leaders and education and advocacy activities. Maximum grants are $1500. Grant applications are due January 31 and September 30 annually.

Newsletter 02: Winter 1999-2000, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Yukon, Uranium
Stopping Mining in Tombstone Park
Wednesday, February 23, 2000

This month, after years of public consultations and negotiations, the Tr'ondek Hwech'in, with the support of environmental groups like CPAWS-Yukon, succeeded in getting 216,000 acres in the Yukon set aside as a park. Tombstone Territorial Park is an area of extraordinary beauty, that contains may sacred sites and places of archaeological significance.

Newsletter 02: Winter 1999-2000, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Yukon, Parks and Protected Areas
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining
Monday, September 13, 1999

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and MiningThe Innu Nation and MiningWatch Canada convened a workshop in Ottawa, Ontario on September 10-12, 1999 entitled "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining".

Canada, British Columbia, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Economic Development, Saskatchewan, Yukon, BHP-Billiton, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights, Publications, Vale (incl. Inco), Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Taxpayers to Pay for Clean-Up at Northern Mines: MiningWatch Canada and Regional Organizations Call for Preventive Measures
Thursday, September 2, 1999

Joint news release: The Government of Canada has a duty to ensure that Northerners -- and other Canadians -- are not stuck paying for massive clean-ups at abandoned mines. That's the view of MiningWatch Canada, the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee and the Yukon Conservation Society, who today jointly called upon the federal government to adopt legally-binding preventative measures to ensure that there is zero public liability with mining operations in northern Canada.

Abandoned Mines, Arsenic, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Yukon, Teck

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