Saskatchewan

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

One of MiningWatch’s core areas of work is the promotion of Indigenous rights and recognition of title and the stewardship role that Indigenous people maintain across Canada and internationally. This article offers an overview of recent developments, including hopeful signs but also the considerable challenges in reconciling Indigenous rights and title with the mining industry and Canadian governments.

Friday, January 14, 2011

News release: For the last three days MiningWatch Canada’s Canada Program Coordinator Ramsey Hart has been participating in a delegation examining the uranium mining industry in Saskatchewan. The group of thirty made stops in Regina, Saskatoon, at the Rabbit Lake Mine and at a mill in northern Saskatchewan.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Joint news release with Ecojustice and Great Lakes United: New data released Friday in response to a lawsuit won last year by Ecojustice, on behalf of Great Lakes United and MiningWatch Canada, is beginning to shine a light on the toxic legacy of Canada's mining and tar sands industries. Unfortunately, despite a lawsuit and a government order to report pollutant releases, some facilities have failed to comply.

Friday, November 28, 2008

The Boreal BelowJoint news release with Northwatch: A major new report highlights serious impacts on the Canadian boreal forest from all phases of mining activity, from exploration to closure. Two respected mining industry watchdogs – Northwatch and MiningWatch Canada – say they published The Boreal Below (an all-new and expanded version of a widely circulated 2001 report) in response to growing demand from communities across Canada for information and analysis to help understand the impacts of mining on their lives and livelihoods. It provides a carefully-documented analysis of the social, environmental, and cultural impacts of mining from prospecting to mine closure, as well as an overview of the current situation by province and territory.

Friday, February 2, 2007

The Indigenous World Uranium Summit

The Indigenous World Uranium Summit, held in Window Rock, Arizona, on November 30 to December 2, 2006, was a vindication of the Navajo Nation’s ban on uranium mining in Navajo Nation Territory and a regrouping of Indigenous opposition to uranium mining globally. People from Indigenous communities around the world spoke about their experiences living with the effects of the mining and use of uranium, from Fiji to India to the North America.

Friday, August 12, 2005
On September 15, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) conducted the second day of hearings into the renewal of Cameco Corporation’s licence to operate the McArthur River underground uranium mine and Key Lake uranium mill in northern Saskatchewan. ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Statement by the Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative (ICUCEC): The decision not to grant leave for the Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative to appeal its case to the Supreme Court of Canada represents a hollow victory for the nuclear industry, vindication for ICUCEC and a dark day for the environment and for present and future generations.

Sunday, March 7, 2004
Recent months have seen mining companies trying to get out of their obligations at the closed-out uranium mines in Cluff Lake, Saskatchewan and Elliot Lake, Ontario. In January, Denison Mines Limited (now known as Denison Energy) brought an application to the Canadian ...
Friday, February 27, 2004

Submitted to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

The actual data and justification for the conclusions and recommendations of the Comprehensive Study Report are not presented. At the same time, the participation and input of the general public and affected First Nations and non-Aboriginal communities is not documented, nor is it apparent how the review of the Comprehensive Study Report will take them into consideration.